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The rice was excellant. I'd make that again just as a side dish. I had never stuffed a bird before and wasn't very impressed with wih the results. As the birds cooked, the juices pooled at the bottom and I couldn't bring myself to eat the nasty rice from inside the bird. Luckily I had only cooked 2 birds so I had plenty of rice left over. Next time I'll cook them separate. I had to increase the temp to 400 when they were supposed to be done and cooked another 17 minutes.<\/p>","CommentId":1,"DateRated":"07\/18\/2012 22:39","GUID":"17C9271439F844358B93C693DC5308E0","MemberId":635464,"Rating":4,"ScreenName":"voodoowitch","SubmittedDate":"07\/18\/2012 22:39"},{"Comment":"
I made a few changes with this recipe and it turned out delicious. I eliminated the mushrooms because I don't like them and I changed the soup to Cream of Celery. I also found that I needed to cook them quite a bit longer than the recipe said. At the time when they should have been done, I increased the heat to 350 and cooked an additional 30 minutes or so. Very good, the rice stuffing is delicious and the Cornish hen very moist and flavorful.<\/p>","CommentId":2,"DateRated":"03\/28\/2011 20:41","GUID":"51582c50157c44209c2b592017358c0d","MemberId":3741999,"Rating":5,"ScreenName":"katlaydee3","SubmittedDate":"03\/28\/2011 20:41"},{"Comment":"","CommentId":3,"DateRated":"02\/15\/2009 18:49","GUID":"d4b1f211377640a18b24f9a7044dc636","MemberId":1505989,"Rating":5,"ScreenName":"KKBlough","SubmittedDate":"02\/15\/2009 18:49"},{"Comment":"","CommentId":4,"DateRated":"10\/01\/2007 07:37","GUID":"9E575056578041C7A70D03C110446F4D","MemberId":945929,"Rating":5,"ScreenName":"vickiec","SubmittedDate":"10\/01\/2007 07:37"},{"Comment":"","CommentId":5,"DateRated":"05\/03\/2006 02:53","GUID":"4138f1aeb71749e2bd89fdeb3b364b93","MemberId":1298622,"Rating":5,"ScreenName":"brognal","SubmittedDate":"05\/03\/2006 02:53"}]},"breadcrumb":[],"meta_data":{"enhanced_fields":{"enhanced_recipe_title":"Tender Stuffed Cornish Hens"}},"analytics":[],"yoast_head":"\n