GAME HENS WITH LIME, GARLIC AND OREGANO

 

Ingredients

4 limes, 3 juiced, and 1 halved

8 garlic cloves, minced

1 tablespoon dried Mexican oregano, crushed

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 Rock Cornish hens, washed and patted dry

1 bunch oregano

1 lime

1 onion, peeled and cut into chunks

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

 

 

In a mixing bowl, combine the lime juice, garlic, dried oregano, and olive oil. Refrigerate the chickens for 1 to 2 hours after rubbing all over them.

Preheat the oven to 375°F.

Take the hens out of the refrigerator. Fill each cavity with half of the fresh oregano, half of a lime, and half of the onion pieces. Bind the legs together with string and season with salt and pepper all over. Roast for 20 minutes, breast side up, on a rack in a roasting pan. Cook for another 20 minutes with the breast side down. Now flip over and cook for another 20 minutes (1 hour total). Serve immediately.