| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 34 min |
| Prep: | 10 min |
| Cook: | 24 min |
| Yield: | 2 servings |
| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 34 min |
| Prep: | 10 min |
| Cook: | 24 min |
| Yield: | 2 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 (1 1/2-pound) Cornish hens
- Vegetable oil, for frying
- 1/2 cup hoisin
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1/4 cup scallions, sliced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a very deep pot, bring enough oil to fill the pot by 2/3 of the way. Heat the oil to 350 degrees F.
- Add the hen slowly to the oil and fry for 8 to 10 minutes on each side until golden brown and have reached an internal temperature of 165 degrees F.
- Remove the hen from the oil and drain on a paper towel.
- Whisk together in a large bowl, the hoisin, honey, red pepper flakes, and the scallions. Brush mixture over the cooked hen on both sides and reserve the extra sauce for dipping.
- Place in oven for about 7 minutes. Take out. Flip over and brush reserved hoisin sauce on flipped side. Place in oven for another 7 minutes.
Reviews
I like this recipe. I didn’t want turkey for Thanksgiving. I decided cornish hens would work. Found this recipe and it was easy follow. I will be cooking this again.
I really enjoyed this recipe. I am going to cook this again real soon. I cooked it as directed the first time and then I tried something else. I tried red plum jelly instead of honey and it was very delicious. This recipe is a keeper. thanks for everything.
This was spectacular! Easy too. Will make again and again.
This was off the chain I fried two cornish hen last night and my family ate it all. We had never even heard of any one frying a cornish hen but I tell you no lie we will eat this again. And this Hoisin glaze was off the chain. Thank you for giving us new ways of fixing food that we already love. In my culture its hard to get people to try different foods but being that you are a man of color makes it easy I just tell my husband Aaron cook it on his show and said it was good. Thanks for sharing with us. Janelle out of Louisiana.
I just made this for dinner and it was delicious!!!!!!!! Almost like Peking duck which I love. Since I didn’t have any honey, I used apricot preserves in its place. I often mix it with with hoisin sauce to make great ribs. Will definitely make this again!
This was an easy delicious recipe. I did brine the cornish hens in a water, sugar, salt, soy sauce solution to give the meat some flavor since there was no directions to season them first. My children and I loved the flavor; my husband did not, even though he ate it. The only other thing I would change would be to flour the hens to allow the skin to crispy when frying as it did not with frying without frying. Thanks for the recipe, this will be a do over!!!
This recipe is fantastic. It was easy and good. The only thing I did different was I seasoned my hens in a brine for two days. They came out perfect!!!!! Will not hesitate to do again.
Who would’ve ever thought to deep fry a cornish hen?! This recipe is so simple, clever and very delicious. I cooked the hens in my Fry Daddy fryer, one at a time and was pleasantly pleased with the outcome.
My Camden Home Boy is always putting on his best. You won’t be sorry you tried this dish
I love this recipe. Great combination of sweet and spice. This recipe should be good with chicken too.