Roasted Cornish Game Hens
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Ingredients
  • 2 cornish game hens, about 1 1/2 pounds each
  • 10 ounce pearl onions, loose skin removed
  • 1 1/2 tablespoon olive oil
  • salt
  • 2 tablespoon dried oregano, plus more to finish
  • 6-8 sprig thyme
  • 3 shallots, loose skin removed
Directions
  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Remove any excess skin from the birds, wash them, and then pat them dry.
  2. Place the 2 birds and the onions in your roasting dish. Drizzle the oil over the birds and onions and coat evenly using your hands. Generously salt the birds, using your fingers to gently separate the skin from the breast meat to create a little pocket where you can place salt. Sprinkle a little salt on the onions and toss as well. Douse the oregano all over the birds and then place breast side up in the pan. Heavily sprinkle the top of each bird with more oregano.
  3. Place a sprig of thyme and a shallot inside both birds (you can use a lemon or lemon wedge instead of a shallot if you wish). Place the third shallot in the pan alongside the onions (try to keep everything in an 1 layer so it cooks evenly.
  4. Place in the oven until cooked through, about 1 hour. Discard the shallots inside the birds and serve with the remaining thyme.