Sweet and Sour Cornish Hens with Roasted Root Vegetables
10 Servings
1 Hour, 20 Minutes
Easy
Ingredients
2David Elliot Rock Cornish Hens
1bag carrots, cut in half then in 1/4 slices
1bunch celery cut the same as the carrots
1red onion sliced into thin half-moons
1fennel bulb, sliced into thin half-moons
5cloves garlic, crushed
1/3cup coconut aminos
2tablespoons oot (tamarind sauce)
1and 1/2 tablespoons hot honey
salt
pepper
1/4cup water
Directions
Combine coconut aminos, oot, hot honey, salt, and pepper.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Prepare two roasters that can fit together in your oven.
Place the vegetables in one roaster and the Cornish hens in the other. Pour half of the sauce over the vegetables. Spray the Cornish hens generously with avocado oil. Cook, uncovered: the veggies for 20 minutes and the hens for 25.
Once the vegetables and chicken are done roasting separately, combine together and add the rest of the sauce along with water.
Cover and cook on 400 covered for 35 to 40 minutes, then uncovered for another 10 to 12 minutes.