By Aida Azizuddin
Photography by : FriedChillies
Posted on : Thu, February 12, 2009 - 10:30:26 PM
3 Comments
Cornish Game Hen is small, yet succulent. It has less fat content so it’s healthier but also after you roast it, it will be juicier. You won’t have very crispy skin though because of this but don’t worry it will be so delicious you’ll have young men eating from your hands. Okay maybe just the one.
Why this hen? Well it’s different than just a normal roast chicken or steak. It’s cute and since it’s not so big- ideal for two. I don’t know really. It’s the just the thing that popped in my head when thinking about a romantic dinner.
Of course the challenge is to find the said hen. I sent my sister to all manner of stores looking for ‘the clucker’ as she called it. Well it was a little ruder than that but this is a family column afterall. Finally she brought back a chicken that is antibiotic free (making it quite petite) and a kampung chicken (also small but leaner). You can also use spring chicken.
Ingredients for Roast Chicken:




"It’s cute and since it’s not so big- ideal for two"
Well I saw pomegranates last week at my usual fruit shop and thought excitedly about making rice with pomegranates to go with the hen. As with most things, when you want to find it, that's when it disappears. Suddenly this week there's not a single pomegranate to be found at all. So I got dried cranberries which will give the ruby redness that I want and flavour the rice nicely. It will be a little like nasi minyak but instead of ghee, you are using unsalted butter and instead of sultannahs, you are using dried cranberries.
Ingredients for Cranberry Butter Rice




lyminn
February 18, 2009 11:53PM GMT
The list of ingredients includes molasses and maple syrup but I don't see where it's actually used. Can I ask what they're used for?
The Foodster
February 19, 2009 2:35AM GMT
It's actually mixed with the olive oil and brushed on the chicken as a baste. If you don't have either, you can sub it with a bit of melted gula melaka or honey. Good luck!
Riz Ainuddin
February 24, 2009 2:26AM GMT
Cooked this over the weekend and it's a confirm champion of champions. Had 10 guest came over at 3 different times to the house just to try it. The rice was absolutely amazing, flavorful and fluffy (providing good basmathi rice is used).
I'm not too sure bout the measurement of the marinade for the chicken. My roast chicken skin came out abit burnt! and the meat (OMFG!) juicy and tender as hell.
The recipe states at 175. My oven is hot so I used 100 celcius instead. I realised that after my chicken was smoking the in the oven at 175.
This is a winner recipe I must say!
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