Best Slow Cooker Cornish Hens Recipes

SLOW COOKER CORNISH HENS

Slow Cooker Cornish Hens image

This is my fiance's favorite slow cooker meal of mine. I usually serve it with the veggies over wild rice. You can turn this recipe for 2 into 4 by splitting the hens lengthwise after cooking.

Provided by No Subject

Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken Cornish Hen Recipes

Time 4h20m

Yield 2

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

2 Cornish game hens
1 (10.75 ounce) can golden mushroom soup (such as Campbell's®), divided
2 cups chopped baby portobello mushrooms
1 (7 ounce) jar pimento-stuffed green olives, drained and chopped
1 large zucchini, chopped
1 teaspoon garlic salt

Steps:

Coat the hens with about 1/4 of the mushroom soup.
Mix the remaining mushroom soup with mushrooms, olives, zucchini, and garlic salt in a bowl. Stuff the mixture inside the hens. Arrange hens, breast sides up, in the slow cooker. Spoon any remaining soup mixture over the hens.
Cook the hens in the slow cooker on High for 4 hours.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 851.2 calories, Carbohydrate 24.5 g, Cholesterol 308 mg, Fat 57.6 g, Fiber 5.5 g, Protein 59.5 g, SaturatedFat 14.4 g, Sodium 4201.3 mg, Sugar 6 g

SLOW COOKER CORNISH HENS IN MOLE SAUCE

Slow Cooker Cornish Hens in Mole Sauce image

With the Christmas holiday so close I didn't want to do a turkey so I thought I'd try something different. I love the taste of Cornish Hens and with the Mole sauce it was really tasty. I have a 7 quart slow cooker and it was just the right size for this dish. As per DH's request, I used a lot of coco powder in my mole sauce but you can use less.

Provided by Chef Joey Z.

Categories Chicken

Time 6h35m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 15

Ingredients

4 lbs Cornish hens
2 (28 ounce) cans whole tomatoes
4 tablespoons nut butter (I used creamy sunflower seed butter)
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon anise seed
5 tablespoons chili powder
1 tablespoon maple syrup
3 tablespoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
6 large garlic cloves (smashed and peeled)
2 chipotle peppers (in adobo sauce)
salt and pepper

Steps:

Turn the crock pot on high.
Puree the tomatoes, nut/seed butter and the tomato paste in a blender.
Add it to the crock pot.
Add all the other ingredients into the crock pot except the chicken. Whisk it all together.
Remove the hens from their wrappers and wash them good. Pat dry. Season with the salt and pepper.
Add to the crop pot whole and cover with the mole sauce.
Turn the crock pot down to low and cook for 6 hours.
Remove the hens when cooked and let them sit for a few minutes.
You will have a lot of mole sauce left. Save it and use it with other fowl.
Serve with rice, corn tortillas and scallions if you wish.
Bon Appetit!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 735.9, Fat 19.9, SaturatedFat 5.3, Cholesterol 413.1, Sodium 770.6, Carbohydrate 46.3, Fiber 17.2, Sugar 20.7, Protein 100.8