smoking cornish game hens

[wagdog]

Just dropped a few of these into some of Pop's brine and into the fridge for a few days to cure. I've only done ducks like this before so we'll see how these little chickens do!

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• wagdog
• Jul 8, 2015

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• wagdog
• Jul 8, 2015

 

[geremyg]

Always wanted to try that. Definitely curious to see the results!

 

[crankybuzzard]

I'll be watching this one! I too have wanted to try the little birds, and pops brine sounds great.

Did you use the curing salt, or just brining?

 

[wagdog]

Just finished the birds today. They spent 4 or 5 days in pops brine. I used his standard recipe of 1 TBS of curing salt, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup brown sugar, and I only used 3/4 cup of kosher salt per 1 gallon of water. They had a nice hammy taste to them. They were a touch salty for my wife but my kids devoured them. Not too shabby. Here's a pic.

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• wagdog
• Jul 12, 2015

Please ignore the pin feathers in the wing...my kids sure did! :-)

 

[crankybuzzard]

Yep, after seeing this, I have GOT do to some!  That looks good!

What pin feathers?

 

[humdinger]

Nice job Wag dog. Cornish hens are my wife's favorite, hands down! I recommend everyone do them. Soo good with a little smoke on them.

 

[oldschoolbbq]

Really nice , Wagdog . I'm definitely going to beg SWMBO for some of those Tiny Chickens.

  They would be marvelous ! ! !

There were only two little pin feathers and you can barely see them , no biggie  . . .

Have fun and .  .  .