Teriyaki Cornish Hen

Name: Teriyaki Cornish Hen
Prep time: 24 h
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 24 h 20 min
Cuisine: Asian, Japanese
Ingredients: 1 – cornish hen, fully deboned; 2 tbsp – ghee/clarified butter; teriyaki sauce (p2); crispy shallots (p2); kosher salt; 5-spice; black pepper; 2 tbsp – parsley, finely chopped; pickled daikon, to garnish; 2 cloves – garlic, sliced; 1 cm – ginger, sliced; 2 tbsp – sake; 4 tbsp – mirin; 125 mL – soy sauce; 150 mL – chicken stock; 20 g – sugar, granulated; 1 tbsp – corn starch, dissolved in 2 tbsp water; 1 – shallot, thinly sliced in rings; neutral oil, for frying; salt

16 steps

Prep:24hCook:20min

Deboned cornish hen fried in ghee until crispy and topped with an umami packed teriyaki sauce

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 03:57:30 GMT

Ingredients

2 servings

2 Tbspghee

2 Tbspparsley

Teriyaki sauce

2 clovesgarlic

sliced

1 cmginger

sliced

2 Tbspsake

4 Tbspmirin

125 mLsoy sauce

150 mLchicken stock

20gsugar granulated

1 Tbspcorn starch

dissolved in 2 tbsp water

Crispy Shallots

1shallot

thinly sliced in rings

neutral oil

for frying

salt

Instructions

Cornish hen

Step 1

Debone the cornish hen (refer to video).

cornish hen1

Step 2

Season the meat side of the cornish hen with salt, 5-spice, and pepper. Season the skin side with salt only.

kosher salt

5 spice

black pepper

Step 3

Place the seasoned hen on a parchment lined tray and refrigerate uncovered overnight.

Tray

Parchment paper

Teriyaki Sauce

Step 4

In a pot over medium heat, sweat minced garlic and sliced ginger until lightly charred.

Pot

garlic2 cloves

ginger1 cm

Step 5

Deglaze with sake and mirin. Reduce by half.

sake2 Tbsp

mirin4 Tbsp

Step 6

Add the soy sauce, chicken stock, and sugar. Bring mixture to a boil.

soy sauce125 mL

chicken stock150 mL

sugar granulated20g

Step 7

Add the corn starch slurry and allow sauce to thicken.

corn starch1 Tbsp

Step 8

Once the sauce is thickened to desired consistency, remove from heat. Sauce can be stored in the fridge for up to 1 week.

Crispy Shallots

Step 9

Add shallots in a pot of cold oil and heat over medium.

Pot

shallot1

neutral oil

Step 10

Fry until shallots turn golden and fragrant, pulling them out of the oil just before they turn golden brown.

Step 11

Drain the fried shallots on a paper-towel lined tray and season with salt.

Cornish hen cont.

Step 12

Preheat oven to 350 F.

Step 13

Add ghee to a cast iron skillet over medium-high heat. Sear the cornish hen, skin-side down until skin is crispy and rendered (~3-5 min). Flip and lightly sear meat side (~30s).