Roasted Cornish Game Hens With Sausage Stuffing

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 ounces bulk sausage
• 1/4 cup chopped onion
• 2 tablespoons chopped celery
• 1 cup herb stuffing mix
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 teaspoon sage
• 1/4 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• salt and pepper, to taste
• nonstick cooking spray

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f; spray baking pan with nonstick spray.
• 2 remove and discard giblets.
• 3 rinse and pat dry inside and out of the hens.
• 4 lightly sprinkle with salt and pepper; set aside.
• 5 in a medium skillet, cook and stir sausage over a medium heat until no longer pink.
• 6 add the onion and celery.
• 7 cook until tender, about five minutes.
• 8 add stuffing mix, 1/3 cup of water, and 1/2 teaspoons of sage; mix well.
• 9 spoon warm filling evenly into the inside of the hens.
• 10 blend the 1/4 teaspoons of poultry seasoning with the butter.
• 11 rub evenly over the hens.
• 12 place the hens in a baking pan.
• 13 roast for 1 hour 30 minutes or until no longer pink and thermometer says 180°f let stand for five minutes before serving.
• 14 with a knife, split each hen length wise through the center of the breast and through the backbone, cutting just to one side of the backbone.