Applewood Smoked Cornish Hens
Applewood Smoked Cornish Hens

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Cornish hens are defined as chickens younger than five weeks old. This small size makes them quicker to cook than regular adult chickens, as well as more tender once they're smoked. How long to smoke Cornish hens for? See recipes for Applewood Smoked Cornish Hens too.

Applewood Smoked Cornish Hens is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Applewood Smoked Cornish Hens is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have 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. Get 8 TBS McCormick Bruschetta Sweet Basil & Oregano Seasoning
  3. Make ready 6 TBS Olive oil
  4. Get 1 gallon Bottled Water
  5. Prepare 1 cup Kosher Salt
  6. Take Apple wood for smoking

Brush the hens with oil, and then season the hens liberally with your favorite seasoning rub. Smoked Christmas Chickens These smoked cornish hens are spatchcocked (butterflied), dry brined overnight, coated with a special mayo, herb & rub mixture and then smoked until they are juicy, tender and delicious! Now we're ready to put the Cornish game hens in the smoker! I use a Traeger, and for this recipe, I'm using oak pellets.

Steps 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.

Now we're ready to put the Cornish game hens in the smoker! I use a Traeger, and for this recipe, I'm using oak pellets. When your smoker is up to temp, place the cast iron skillet filled with Cornish game hens in the smoker. 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. A Cornish Game Hen can be a great substitute for a turkey for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner - so anything that you'd serve at Thanksgiving would be a great side dish.

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