Serves: 2
Total Calories: 149
1. Prepare Bulgur-Bacon Stuffing. Heat oven to 350°.
2. Fill body cavity of hen with stuffing. Fasten opening with skewer. Place hen, breast side up, on rack in shallow roasting pan. Place meat thermometer in thigh muscle so tip does not touch bone. Brush hen with some of the butter.
3. Bake uncovered 1 to 1 1/4 hours, brushing occasionally with remaining butter, until thermometer reads 180° and juices are no longer pink when center of thigh is cut.
4. Remove stuffing from body cavity. Cut hen in half along backbone from tail to neck with kitchen scissors. Serve each hen half with stuffing.
Bulgar-Bacon Stuffing:
Cook bacon and onion in 1-quart saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring frequently, until bacon is cooked and onion is tender. Drain bacon and onion. Heat water and bouillon granules to boiling in same saucepan. Stir in bulgur remove from heat. Cover and let stand 15 minutes. Sir in bacon mixture, zucchini, mushrooms, cranberries and thyme.
table for 2
For Thanksgiving, if the two of you are planning to celebrate this favorite holiday together, Cornish hen is perfect in place of a big bird that will have you eating leftovers for weeks. Here are some delicious side dish and dessert suggestions to round out your holiday menu:
Buttercup Squash with Apples (see On the Sidelines chapter)
Asparagus Parmesan (see On the Sidelines chapter)
Orange-Pecan Muffins (see On the Sidelines chapter)
Fruit Trifle (see Sweet Endings chapter)
1 Serving: Calories 590 (Calories from Fat 360) Fat 40g (Saturated 13g) Cholesterol 255mg Sodium 840mg Carbohydrate 15g (Dietary Fiber 3g) Protein 45g % Daily Value: Vitamin A 10% Vitamin C 4% Calcium 4% Iron 12% Diet Exchanges: 5 1/2 Medium-Fat Meat, 3 Vegetable
From "Betty Crocker's Cooking for Two." Text Copyright 2005 General Mills, Inc. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
This Cornish Hen with Bulgur recipe is from the Betty Crocker's Cooking for Two Cookbook. Download this Cookbook today.
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