Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, smoked cornish hens. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Smoked Cornish Hens is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Smoked Cornish Hens is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have smoked cornish hens using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Smoked Cornish Hens:

1. Make ready 4 Cornish hens
2. Make ready 2 grape fruits
3. Make ready 2 oranges
4. Make ready 3 lemons
5. Prepare 1/2 cup Maples syrup
6. Prepare 2 tbsp smoked paprika
7. Make ready 1 tsp salt
8. Take 1 tbsp garlic powder
9. Prepare 1 tsp ground black pepper
10. Take 1/4 cup olive oil
11. Get 1 cup apple wood chips

Steps to make Smoked Cornish Hens:

1. Add all citrus(cut in half) and molasses to large bucket or pot for brine. Brine over night or for at least 8 hours. Feel with water until hens are fully submerged
2. Pull hens from brine pat dry and brush with olive oil
3. Combine dry season and season both sides of hens.
4. Add hens to a grill. Keep temp around 225 for 2 and half hours. Add Applewood or fruit wood of choice for best smoke flavor.

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