By: Author Zona House
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Categories Chicken-Poultry, Dinner for Two, Low Carb
These Grilled Beer Can Cornish Hens are so flavorful and juicy! They smell and taste incredible. Just apply a sweet and savory dry rub all over the hens, prop them up on open cans of beer, and let them grill.
- How to makeGrilled Beer Can Cornish Hens
This recipe is moderately low-carb, but not necessarily by Keto extreme low-carb guidelines.
The game hens can also be roasted in the oven if the weather doesn’t cooperate for outdoor grilling.
They are easy to prepare and make a fun lunch, dinner, or date night meal for two. A wholeCornish game henis enough for one generousserving. Or you can split thehenin half for two servings.
What to serve with Cornish Hens:
We served ours with these Baked Potatoes and a nice side salad.
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How to makeGrilled Beer Can Cornish Hens
Preheat a grill to medium heat for indirect grilling.
Rinse the Cornish game hens and pat dry with paper towel.
In a bowl, combine the Adobo seasoning, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, black pepper, poultry seasoning, and brown sugar.
Pour half of the beer out of each can into a glass. Drink it up if you want.
Sprinkle a little bit of the seasoning into each of the half cans of beer.
Rub the remaining spice mixture all over the two hens.
Place the hens over the 1/2 full cans of beer.
Slide the beer cans into beer can holders on a baking sheet. Click for beer can holders.
Fold the wings behind the hens to keep the tips fromburning.
Place the baking sheet, with the hens on it, inside of the grill and close the lid.
Grill Cornish hens using indirect medium heat for about 45 minutes. The safe internal temperature for cooked chicken is165 degrees F. A meat or instant-read thermometer is your best bet for determining the temperature of your chicken, and if you’re cooking a whole bird, it should be inserted into the thickest part of the thigh but not touching bone.
Let set for at least 5 minutes before carefully removing the hens from beer can with tongs and an oven mitt.
To bake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and bake for about 45 minutes or until done.
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Yield: Serves 2
Grilled Beer Can Cornish Hens
These Grilled Beer Can Cornish Hens are so flavorful and juicy! They smell and taste incredible. Just apply a sweet and savory dry rub all over the hens, prop them up on open cans of beer, and let them grill. The hens can also be roasted in the oven
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Rest5 minutes
Total Time1 hour
Ingredients
- 2 Cornish game hens (thawed)
- 2 cans beer
For the rub:
- 1 Tablespoon Adobo seasoning with cumin
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- 1 Tablespoon brown sugar
Instructions
- Preheat a grill to medium heat for indirect grilling.
- Rinse the Cornish hens and pat dry with paper towel.
- In a bowl, combine the Adobo seasoning, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, black pepper, poultry seasoning, and brown sugar.
- Pour half of the beer out of each can into a glass. Drink it up if you want.
- Sprinkle a little bit of the seasoning into each of the half cans of beer.
- Rub the remaining spice mixture all over the two hens.
- Place the hens over the 1/2 full cans of beer.
- Slide the beer cans into beer can holders on a baking sheet. Click for beer can holders.
- Fold the wings behind the hens to keep the tips from burning.
- Place the baking sheet, with the hens on it, inside of the grill and close the lid.
- Grill using indirect medium heat for about 45 minutes. The safe internal temperature for cooked chicken is 165° Fahrenheit (75° Celsius). A meat or instant-read thermometer is your best bet for determining the temperature of your chicken, and if you're cooking a whole bird, it should be inserted into the thickest part of the thigh but not touching bone.
- Let set for at least 5 minutes before carefully removing the hens from beer can with tongs and an oven mitt.
Notes
To bake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 C) and bake for about 45 minutes or until done.
The beer is not included in the nutrition information.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
2
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 951Saturated Fat: 17gCholesterol: 454mgSodium: 281mgCarbohydrates: 12gFiber: 1gSugar: 6gProtein: 78g
