Sage, Butter, and Garlic Cornish Chicken

Ingredients:

4 cornish hen

12 sage leaves

4 garlic cloves finely minced

8 tablespoons butter

2 cups of your favourite stuffing mix or recipe prepared

1/2 cup cranberries

Salt and pepper to taste

1 cup chicken stock

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375F

Lay out cornish hen, loosen the skin around each hen by using a butter knife or your hands to lift the skin up off the hen. Underneath the skin of each hen sprinkle a little salt and pepper about 1/4 teaspoon of each. Next sprinkle about 1 cloves of garlic underneath the skin of each hen, evenly distribute the sage leaves underneath the skin of each hen it should be 3 leaves each. Place two tablespoons of butter underneath the skin of each hen, evenly distributed on top of the garlic and sage.

Next mix the cranberries into the prepared stuffing. Stuff each hen with about 1/2 cup of stuffing each. Place chickens in a large baking dish, pour in chicken stock into baking dish. Bake covered for about 1 hour, after an hour remove cover and bake for an additional 30mins to allow chicken to brown.

Serve and enjoy!

Note: Depending on the size of your game hen you may need more or less baking time.