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Smoked Cornish Game Hens With Brine Recipe

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These Smoked Cornish Game Hens are a family favorite! Now I smoke year-round but Cornish Game Hens is one of my $5 Friday deals at Safeway, I can get 2/$5!  So I smoked them even though not the best weather.  I tend to make extra so I can make soup the next day.    (I have included affiliate links to products I love. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)

 

Smoked Cornish Game Hens are perfect to smoke for a dinner!! Use a homemade brine to add flavor and the leftovers make amazing soup too!

 

My favorite part of these cornish game hens is that they are easy to make and seem to make a fancy dinner with little work.  Plus you can drop the leftovers and the bones to make leftover soup, similar to my Smoked Turkey Noodle Soup.  Plus who doesn’t love smoked meat? 

 

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Smoked Cornish Game Hens Ingredients:

 

  • Cornish Game Hens 
  • 1 gallon Water
  • 1 Cup Salt
  • ¼ Cup Garlic Salt
  • ¼ Cup of Worcestershire Sauce
  • 4 Tbsp Black Pepper
  • ¼ Cup Montreal Steak Seasoning
  • Ice (for next day)

 

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Cornish Game Hen Brine For Smoking:

 

In a large bin or container with a lid pour in all your brine ingredients and give it a good swirl. 

Set your game hens in the brine, if your hens aren’t frozen throw in some ice and refrigerate for at least 24 hours. 

Note *I put my frozen Cornish game hens in the brine on a Tuesday night and smoked them on Saturday, they stayed cold and icy so I didn’t add ice*

 

Smoked Cornish Game Hens are perfect to smoke for a dinner!! Use a homemade brine to add flavor and the leftovers make amazing soup too!

 

How To Smoke Cornish Hens:

Prep your smoker, I always start by turning it on and placing in my chips. (I love to use apple pucks) and get good smoke going. I add my water tray after I get the smoke going from my pucks and then open up my smoke pipe.

 

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While waiting for a good smoke, spray down the racks to your smoker with a non-stick spray or rub with olive oil. 

 

Remove your cornish game hens from your brine and set onto your smoker racks. 

 

Smoked Cornish Game Hens are perfect to smoke for a dinner!! Use a homemade brine to add flavor and the leftovers make amazing soup too!

 

Once you have smoke rolling for your smoker place your chickens in your smoker.

 

I kept my smoker at 200-225 (way easier in colder weather), I like to cook to meat temperature low and slow. 

 

Keep an eye on your smoker and smoke the chickens for a couple of hours and double-check doneness with a thermometer.

 

 

They will have nice crisp skin and color to them! Plus the smell will have your neighbors drooling.

 

Smoked Cornish Game Hens are perfect to smoke for a dinner!! Use a homemade brine to add flavor and the leftovers make amazing soup too!

 

I served ours up with Easy Deviled Egg Macaroni Salad, baby bok choy, and some Twice Baked Mashed Potatoes.  

 

 

What To Serve With Smoked Cornish Game Hens:

 

  • Caesar Salad
  • Smoked Baked Potatoes
  • Smoked Deviled Eggs
  • Grilled Twice Baked Potatoes 
  • Smoked Potato Salad
  • Deviled Egg Macaroni Salad

 

Other Smoked Cornish Game Hen Recipes To Try Out:

 

  • Sweet And Spicy Cornish Game Hens 
  • Mediterranean Smoked Cornish Game Hens
  • Cold Smoked Cornish Game Hens
  • Smoked Cornish Game Hens With Brine And Dry Rub
     

 



 

Smoked Cornish Game Hens

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 gallon Water
  • 1 Cup Salt
  • ¼ Cup Garlic Salt
  • ¼ Cup of Worcestershire Sauce
  • 4 Tbsp Black Pepper
  • ¼ Cup Montreal Steak Seasoning
  • Ice for next day

Instructions
 

  • In a large bin or container with a lid pour in all your brine ingredients and give it a good swirl.
  • Set your game hens in the brine, if your hens aren't frozen throw in some ice and refrigerate for at least 24 hours.
  • Note *I put my frozen Cornish game hens in the brine on a Tuesday night and smoked them on Saturday, they stayed cold and icy so I didn't add ice*
  • HOW TO SMOKE CORNISH HENS:
  • Prep your smoker, I always start by turning it on and placing in my chips. (I love to use apple pucks) and get good smoke going. I add my water tray after I get the smoke going from my pucks and then open up my smoke pipe.
  • Bradley Apple Bisquettes 48 pack
  • Smoke Hollow 3016DEW 30-Inch Digital Electric Smoker with Window, Black
  • Habor Instant Read Meat Thermometer
  • While waiting for a good smoke, spray down the racks to your smoker with a non-stick spray or rub with olive oil.
  • Remove your cornish game hens from your brine and set onto your smoker racks.
  • Once you have smoke rolling for your smoker place your chickens in your smoker.
  • I kept my smoker at 200-225 (way easier in colder weather), I like to cook to meat temperature low and slow.
  • Keep an eye on your smoker and smoke the chickens for a couple of hours and double-check doneness with a thermometer.
  • They will have nice crisp skin and color to them!

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