Glazed Cornish Game Hens

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup apple jelly
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 rock cornish game hens, halved
• 1 (6 ounce) box long grain and wild rice blend
• salt
• 2 teaspoons apple jelly
• 1 1/2 cups red seedless grapes, halved or 1 red apple, cored and coarsely chopped
• 1/2 cup thinly sliced celery
• 1/3 cup unsalted cashews

Recipe

• 1 combine 1/4 cup of jelly and cinnamon in a small sauce pan.
• 2 heat and stir until melted; set aside.
• 3 place hen halves, skin side up on a rack in a shallow roasting pan; sprinkle with salt.
• 4 roast in 350 degree oven for 20 minutes.
• 5 brush with the jelly/cinnamon mixture.
• 6 roast for 20 to 30 minutes longer or until browned and tender.
• 7 while hens are roasting, cook rice and contents according to the package directions.
• 8 stir in 2 tablespoons apple jelly, grapes and celery.
• 9 sprinkle cashews over rice and serve with the hens.