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Slow Cooker Easy Cornish Hens

Jenn Bare's slow-cooker soups. About 8 hours on Low, 4 hours on High in the crock, serves 4.

ApplianceSlow Cooker
Cook8 hours on Low, 4 hours on High
Serves4
Jenn BareWritten byJenn Bare
Slow Cooker Easy Cornish Hens

Method

Step by step

  1. 01

    Place sliced onions in the bottom of a 6-Quart Slow Cooker.

  2. 02

    Combine 1/3 c. of the lemon juice, melted butter, thyme, garlic powder, cumin, and red pepper flakes in a bowl.

  3. 03

    Rub the above mixture all over the hens.

  4. 04

    Put about 1 tablespoon chilled margarine in the cavity of each hen.

  5. 05

    Pour chicken broth and 1/3 cup lemon juice over onions in the slow cooker.

  6. 06

    Place the hens in the slow cooker.

  7. 07

    Cover. Cook for 6 hours on Low or for 3.5 hours on High.

Tagged

butterchicken brothcornish henscrock pothealthylemon juiceseasonings

Originally published on getcrocked.com.

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