Smoked Cornish Hens.

You can cook Smoked Cornish Hens using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Smoked Cornish Hens

1. Prepare 4 of Cornish hens.
2. You need 2 of grape fruits.
3. Prepare 2 of oranges.
4. Prepare 3 of lemons.
5. It's 1/2 cup of Maples syrup.
6. You need 2 tbsp of smoked paprika.
7. It's 1 tsp of salt.
8. You need 1 tbsp of garlic powder.
9. Prepare 1 tsp of ground black pepper.
10. It's 1/4 cup of olive oil.
11. It's 1 cup of apple wood chips.

Smoked Cornish Hens step by step

1. Add all citrus(cut in half) and molasses to large bucket or pot for brine. Brine over night or for at least 8 hours. Feel with water until hens are fully submerged.
2. Pull hens from brine pat dry and brush with olive oil.
3. Combine dry season and season both sides of hens..
4. Add hens to a grill. Keep temp around 225 for 2 and half hours. Add Applewood or fruit wood of choice for best smoke flavor..
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