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The ingredients needed to make Mike's 40 Clove Baked Garlic Stuffed Game Hens & Veggies:

1. Prepare Game Hens [de-thawed - rinsed - dabbed dry inside & out]
2. Get Fresh Garlic [left whole - trim brown ends + 15 additional cloves for veggie bake]
3. Make ready LG Lemon [quartered]
4. Make ready Baby Potatoes [cleaned - left whole]
5. Make ready Bibs Celery [+ leaves - 1" chop]
6. Make ready Fresh Baby Carrots [sliced in half]
7. Take Medium Red Onion [quartered]
8. Get Medium White Onion [quartered]
9. Make ready Green Onions [sliced]
10. Prepare Green Bell Pepper [sliced]
11. Get Quality Salted Butter
12. Get Chicken Broth
13. Prepare Lemon Pepper Seasoning
14. Prepare Italian Seasoning
15. Get Sea Salt
16. Get Fresh Ground Black Pepper
17. Take Olive Oil
18. Get as needed as needeToasted Baguette Slices [with olive oil - served as a side]
19. Take as needed Chicken Stuffing [to be used as a bed for hens]

This same recipe may also be prepared with quartered chickens. See other related recipes in For the Love of Garlic. Arrange in a large, heavy roasting pan, and arrange garlic cloves around hens. With your finger, gently loosen the skin on the breast of the hens.

Instructions to make Mike's 40 Clove Baked Garlic Stuffed Game Hens & Veggies:

1. Here's about all you'll need.
2. Pre-heat your oven to 425°.
3. Trim the brown ends from your garlic. Stuff/pack de-thawed, rinsed hens innards with whole fresh garlic, [20 cloves a piece] lemon quarters and slivers of sliced onions. Tie off your hens legs with butchers twine to seal in your vegetables.
4. Gently lift hen skins, rub in olive oil and season with a bit of lemon juice, lemon pepper and Italian Seasoning underneath.
5. Rinse and chop vegetables and place at the base of your pan. Add 14 oz Chicken Broth, 1 cube of butter, [sliced] 15 garlic cloves, sea salt, pepper, Italian Seasoning and Lemon Pepper.
6. Sprinkle chicken broth vegetable coated tops with sea salt, pepper, lemon pepper and Italian Seasoning.
7. Place hens on an elevated rack just above your veggies and coat them with olive oil. Lightly sprinkle tops with salt, pepper, dried Parsley, Italian seasoning and lemon pepper seasoning.
8. Wrap up hens and vegetables tightly with tinfoil. You'll want these hens and vegetables to steam together.
9. Bake at 425° for 1.5 hours. - - To check for doneness - pierce the thickest piece of your largest hen with a knife. If its fluids run clear - you're good to go. Or, if your hens register 165° F with a thermometer. - - Also, use your carrots as your best [doneness] indicator for your veggies. If a knife slides easily thru them - everything else is fully baked. Including your potatoes.
10. Once fully baked - raise oven temp to 450° - remove tinfoil - and allow hen skins to crisp for 10 minutes longer.
11. Serve on a bed of Chicken Stuffing. Garnish with fresh parsley. - - Authors Tip: Make an easy 5 minute microwavable Chicken Stove Top Stuffing. But, substitute chicken broth for any water called for and add 2 tbsp dried onions and 1 tbsp dried parsley to that mixture. These easy steps really do make for a memorable stuffing.
12. Bake or toast your Baguette Bread lightly coated with olive oil. You'll want this side dish for all of the delicious garlic, lemon and onions retrieved from your hens stuffing. It makes a great spread once mashed. Enjoy!

Gently slide a few garlic slices and a few oregano leaves under the skin in a single layer. Sprinkle the rest of the cloves in the baking dish. Place the hens on top of the garlic. Rub the butter mix under the skin of each hen. Place a fresh sage leaf under the skin on each breast half and at each leg.

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