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      Title: Orange-Glazed Game Hens
 Categories: Cornish hen, Fruit, Marinades
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
    3/4 c  Fresh orange juice
    1/2 c  Orange honey
    1/4 c  Soy sauce
      2 tb Hoisin sauce
      2 tb Orange peel; minced
      3 cl Garlic; pressed
      1 tb Fresh ginger; minced
      2 ts Sesame oil
      2    Cornish game hens
           -(1 1/2 lb ea);
           -halved
      3    Oranges; peeled, white pith
           -removed
           Sesame seeds
      6 oz Snow peas
 
  Mix first 8 ingredients in large bowl. Add hens skin side down. Cover
  and refrigerate 24 hours, turning once.
  
  Using small sharp knife, cut between membranes of oranges to release
  segments. Set orange segments aside.
  
  Preheat oven to 400 F. Transfer hens to shallow baking pan. Place
  marinade in heavy small saucepan and boil until reduced to 3/4 cup,
  about 12 minutes. Brush both sides of hens with reduced marinade.
  Arrange skin side up in pan. Roast 5 minutes. Baste hens. Cook 10
  minutes longer. Reduce oven temperature to 350 F. Baste hens and cook
  10 minutes. Sprinkle hens with sesame seeds and roast until cooked
  through, about 10 minutes longer. Let stand 10 minutes.
  
  Cook snow peas in pot of boiling salted water until crisp-tender,
  1 to 2 minutes. Drain. Place 1 hen half in center of each plate.
  Alternate snow peas and orange segments around hens and serve.
  
  Recipe by Bon Appetit, March 1992
 
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