Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, applewood smoked cornish hens. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Applewood Smoked Cornish Hens is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Applewood Smoked Cornish Hens is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
Learn how to cook the perfect bird with our smoked Cornish hen recipe. An underrated cut of meat, but one of the best smoker recipes! Most people might traditionally smoke Cornish hens as part of their Christmas or Thanksgiving BBQ meal, but I like to smoke these year-round.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have applewood smoked cornish hens using 6 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Applewood Smoked Cornish Hens:
- Take 6 Cornish Game Hens
- Take 8 TBS McCormick Bruschetta Sweet Basil & Oregano Seasoning
- Make ready 6 TBS Olive oil
- Make ready 1 gallon Bottled Water
- Make ready 1 cup Kosher Salt
- Make ready Apple wood for smoking
If you are a fan of smoked poultry, these. See great recipes for Applewood Smoked Cornish Hens too! Fire up your wood-pellet grill or smoker according to factory instructions. Brush the hens with oil, and then season the hens liberally with your favorite seasoning rub.
Steps to make Applewood Smoked Cornish Hens:
- Make the brine: Mix kosher salt and water, let dissolve completely. It could take an hour or more. You can also add in some seasoning if you want to, anything you put in the brine will adhere to the meat.
- Place game hens and brine in brine bag and place in fridge for 2 to 3 hours.
- Remove hens from brine and rinse thoroughly.
- Spatchcock the hens, remove the back bone and butterfly. (You can google how to do this)
- Cover each hen with 1 TBS of olive oil.
- Use at least 1 TBS of seasoning on each hen (this depends on your flavor palate and how much seasoning you like)
- Place hens breast up on your grill/smoker and smoke until internal temp reaches 165 degrees. I use an igrill so I do not have to open the lid until they are complete.
Place the hens directly on the pre-heated grill grates, and close the lid. Smoked cornish hens are not only perfectly sized so that each person gets their own "little chicken" but they are easy to smoke in just a few hours and they are amazingly delicious, tender and juicy when you follow my simple instructions. Smoked Cornish Game Hens One of those hearty meals I really enjoy making is Smoked Cornish Game Hens. The Smoked Cornish Game Hens I'm going to show you how to make are juicy and loaded with flavor. To give you an idea of just how good these Cornish Game Hens are… My daughter can be a really picky eater, and she was begging for more.
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