Roasted Game Hens with Tarragon-Cheese Stuffing

Name: Roasted Game Hens with Tarragon-Cheese Stuffing
Yield: Makes: 4 servings
Ingredients: 2 game hens, about 1½ pounds each; ½ cup low-fat cottage cheese, dry goat cheese, or cream cheese; ¼ teaspoon dried lemon or orange peel; ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; ½ teaspoon dried tarragon; 1 tablespoon olive oil

Preparation info

Makes:
4
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Monday-to-Friday Cookbook

By Michele Urvater

Published 1991

About

The stuffing keeps the hens moist while infusing them with an extra flavor. Bake beets or russet potatoes alongside the little birds so that all of your dinner cooks at once.

Ingredients

2 game hens, about 1½ pounds each
½ cup low-fat cottage cheese, dry goat cheese, or

Main course
Dinner
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 400°F.
With heavy kitchen shears cut each bird open along one side of the backbone. Cut away as much fat as possible, then rinse and pat dry. Insert your fingers under the skin covering the breast and loosen as much of the skin as y