DIRTY RICE STUFFED CORNISH HENS :

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 small white onions, diced (about 1 cup)
• 1 small green pepper, seeded and finely diced
• 1/2 pound chopped chicken livers
• 1/2 cup chicken gizzards, chopped
• 2 to 3 cloves chopped garlic
• 1 tablespoon ground dry oregano
• 1 tablespoon dry, ground thyme
• 1/4 chopped parsley
• 2 cups cold, cooked white rice
• 4 12-ounce Cornish hens
• 3 tablespoons soft butter
• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions :

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• In a large saute pan, heat olive oil. Add onions and green pepper and saute.
• Add livers and gizzards and cook for an additional 5 minutes.
• Add garlic, oregano, thyme and parsley. Combine and cook for 2 more minutes. Remove mixture from the heat and cool thoroughly.
• Combine stuffing with rice. Divide and stuff hens immediately prior to cooking. Tie legs closed. Brush hens with butter and season with salt and pepper. Roast for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until hens are cooked and temperature of stuffing is 155 degrees.