Roti Cornish Hens

[Grizz]

well it was a learning experience.  The ingredients:



Little packets of love for the cavities, wedge of lemon, a handful of sage/rosemary/thyme, and another wedge of lemon at the opposite end.



two Cornish hens (buy one/get one free!) stuffed, trussed up, and dressed up with e.v.o/kosher salt/cracked black pepper.



my weapon of choice.  Each basket started with 20 brickets and a large hunk of apple wood.  Kept adding about four brickets and apple chunks to each basket every so often just to keep the temp around 375/400.  Birds were done in about 75 minutes.  Probably cooked them too quick, but remember, I'm still trying to unlearn years of gas grillin'.



In the drip pans were Bush's Baked Beans and Red potatos that were tossed with e.v.o, paprika, minced garlic, salt, pepper, and rosemary.  I should have given the potatos a BIG head start because they never cooked all the way through, but that's ok, I had a backup plan:



Better half makes killer 'slaw!  Birds were so moist and even though it wasn't a long cook, it really had a nice smokey flavor that wasn't overpowering.  Julia said that she had been real skeptical about this grill but this cook sold her! 

[austin87]

Wow that looks great! For something different on your next go try Dijon mustard mixed with apricot preserves on the outside of the birds - sounds a little weird but it's a killer combo on game hens.

[Grizz]

Interesting!  I'll definitely give that a try, thanks!

[addicted-to-smoke]

Hey is that a scratch on the lid?

[addicted-to-smoke]

Disregard that last post. Don't know where that came from.

HEY, nice hookup!

[1911Ron]

Nice looking birds!  What i do when doing anything with baskets is i will almost fill them up with unlit charcoal then put about 10 or so in each one and let the grill come up where i want it, so no fiddling with adding charcoal.

[dgodwin]

That's a great looking cook.  I've been thinking of trying some Cornish hens and this is the way I'll likely try.  Thanks for sharing.


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[WNC]

Nothing like the rotisserie to impress the ladies!
When I use my rotisserie, I'll use a full chimney of lit and won't ever have to add coals to cook an hour and half or more. Maybe like Ron said start off with more coals, and you might not have to mess with adding more coals.

[Nate]

Wow. Nice plate.