Applewood Smoked Cornish Hens
Applewood Smoked Cornish Hens

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, applewood smoked cornish hens. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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These Cornish game hens smoked fairly quick and you don't want to over shoot the final temp. Prepare your grill/smoker for indirect heat with charcoal and hickory chips. Arrange the game hens on the grill Remove the cover and brush the hens with the glaze, making sure to get into all the nooks and crannies.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook applewood smoked cornish hens using 6 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Applewood Smoked Cornish Hens:
  1. Take 6 Cornish Game Hens
  2. Make ready 8 TBS McCormick Bruschetta Sweet Basil & Oregano Seasoning
  3. Take 6 TBS Olive oil
  4. Prepare 1 gallon Bottled Water
  5. Prepare 1 cup Kosher Salt
  6. Take Apple wood for smoking

Applewood, or Applewood smoked cheddar, is a round, white smoke-flavoured Cheddar cheese that is manufactured by Norseland Limited (formerly Ilchester Cheese Company) in Somerset, England. Both the duck breast and the cornish hen are of pretty decent size, and are fully cooked, vacuum packed and frozen. I need to use each of them to I mean smoked duck breast over a salad just does not really excite me and would kind of be what I would consider to be kind of a waste of a splurge sort. We love the warm, slightly sweet smoky flavor applewood gives the corn.

Instructions to make Applewood Smoked Cornish Hens:
  1. 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.
  2. Place game hens and brine in brine bag and place in fridge for 2 to 3 hours.
  3. Remove hens from brine and rinse thoroughly.
  4. Spatchcock the hens, remove the back bone and butterfly. (You can google how to do this)
  5. Cover each hen with 1 TBS of olive oil.
  6. Use at least 1 TBS of seasoning on each hen (this depends on your flavor palate and how much seasoning you like)
  7. 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.

Hickory chips might overpower here, but cherry chips would also work. The smoking process gives the corn ears and husks gorgeous burnished color that makes for a dramatic presentation at the picnic table. Traeger's Applewood Smoked Bacon recipe will teach you everything you need to know about making bacon. Cure and slow smoke your way to homemade bacon goodness that will have you ditching the store-bought stuff for good. I found this easy recipe for Cornish hens and prepare it often for my family.

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