Cornish Game Hens on UDS

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cowgirl

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Oct 2, 2007
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This is a repost.

I had company for New Years... so I decided to smoke some cornish game hens on my drum smoker...

I brined the birds overnight in a mixture of water, kosher salt, cracked black pepper, onion, garlic, red pepper flakes and bay leaves....




Sliced smoked sausage to place under the skin....




Rubbed the birds with butter and sprinkled with kosher salt and cracked black pepper....



Fired up my drum smoker with a bit of apple and olive wood....




I added some twice baked potatoes after about an hour and a half...



Since it was new years day.... I made some hoppin' john with black eyed peas.....





The hoppin' john.....



The apple/olive smoked game hen with twiced baked potato, hoppin' john, creamy cucumbers and salad.....





I like the added moisture of the smoked sausage under the skin....







Thank you for checking out my Cornish Game Hen smoke.
 
I still love that first shot, Jeanie.
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Thanks for reposting this.
 
Thank you Dawn and Gene! I thought someone might want to try the sausage under the skin idea sometime. :)
 
Thank you Rick! I sure like your avatar...nice looking drum. :)
 
Thank you Dave, ALX and Uncle Honky! I appreciate it. :)

ALX, olive is really mild, almost reminds me of an apple wood.

Uncle Honky, I like olive too. :) It's good with bacon wrapped shrimp too.
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You're welcome ALX! I got mine at an Academy sporting goods store.
 
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