Honey Orange Cornish Hens

This glazed cornish hens recipe is an easy, five-ingredient dish that looks and tastes as if you’ve spent all day cooking it. Your family and friends will rave about it, and we don’t need to tell them how easy it was to make it.

Preparation Details

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 50 mins

Total Time: 1 hr

Servings: 4

Ingredients

• 1 Cornish game hens, halved lengthwise
• ¼ cup orange juice
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon white vinegar

Steps

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. Place game hen halves with skin sides up into a 9×13-inch roasting pan.
3. Roast hens in the preheated oven for 35 minutes.
4. Stir orange juice, honey, soy sauce, and vinegar together in a small bowl; brush mixture over hens.
5. Roast hens for 5 more minutes and baste again with orange juice mixture. Roast until skin is browned and meat is no longer pink inside, about 10 more minutes.