Glazed Stuffed Cornish Hens

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Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 2 tablespoons chopped green bell pepper
• 1 (4-ounce) can chopped mushrooms, drained
• 1/4 cup sherry or chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon chili sauce
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley or 2 teaspoons dried parsley
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups fresh bread crumbs
• 2 Cornish hens (about 21 ounces each)
• 1 cup honey

Directions

• 1
  Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line a roasting pan with foil. Insert wire rack.
• 2
  Melt the butter in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Sauté onion and bell pepper in butter until tender, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
• 3
  Add mushrooms, sherry and chili sauce and mix well. Stir in parsley and salt. Add bread crumbs and toss to mix.
• 4
  Stuff each Cornish hen with 3 heaping tablespoons of stuffing. Divide the remaining stuffing evenly between 2 baking cups.
• 5
  Place Cornish hens on rack in prepared roasting pan. Drizzle with half the honey.
• 6
  Bake for 15 minutes. Drizzle remaining honey over hens. Bake until an instant-read thermometer inserted in inner thigh registers 180ºF, about 1 hour, tenting with foil if necessary to prevent overbrowning. Add baking cups to oven during last 15 minutes of baking time.