Pan Seared Cornish Hen in Coconut Thai Gravy
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Recipe type: Entree
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Serves: 2
 
Ingredients
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 Cornish Hen
  • 2 tbsp Fish Sauce
  • 100 ml Spicy Thai Mango Sauce
  • 1½ tbsp Red Curry Paste
  • 1 can Coconut Milk
  • 8 baby potatoes
  • 1 package Stir-fry Rice Noodles
  • 1 tsp Rice Flour
  • 2 tbsp water
  • ½ tsp cracked pepper
Instructions
  1. Rub red curry paste all over the hen.
  2. Heat large frying pan on high adding butter and sear hen flipping to every side for 2 minutes.
  3. Reduce heat to medium, returning hen to breast side up position.
  4. Add coconut milk, spicy Thai mango sauce, fish sauce, arrange potatoes around the hen and simmer with the lid on pan for 45 minutes.
  5. minutes prior to hen simmer completion, cook Thai Kitchen Stir-fry Noodles as to the directions on the box.
  6. Remove from heat, placing hen, potatoes on a platter and bring the remaining frying pan drippings to a boil. Stir 1 tsp of rice flour mixed with 2 tbsp of water into the boiling drippings to thicken into a gravy.
  7. Plate slices of cooked Cornish Hen over a bed of noodles, pour gravy over top and cracked pepper over entree.
Recipe by This Lil Piglet at https://thislilpiglet.net/2014/01/pan-seared-cornish-hen-coconut-thai-gravy/