Look What I Found: Tyson's All Natural Premium Cornish Hen

Hey loves!

I waited for this long weekend to cook my first cornish hen!

I love "first times", especially in cooking. I usually have beginner's luck in this area, hehe ;)

Tyson^® Individual Cornish are 100% all natural, with no hormones administered or artificial ingredients. Each Cornish is individually bagged to protect the product from frosting or freezer burn.
(http://www.tyson.com)

All the photos below have been enlarged (for closer appreciation, hopefully).

In person, the cooked cornish hen is tiny enough to fit a regular-sized plate --- probably good for one hungry, hard-working, chicken-loving lady with good taste (like me? ;).

What's so special about a cornish hen, anyway? Please click 'Read more''.

The United States Department of Agriculture describes the Rock Cornish game hen or Cornish game hen as "a young immature chicken (less than five weeks of age), weighing not more than two pounds ready-to-cook weight, which was prepared from a Cornish chicken or the progeny of a Cornish chicken crossed with another breed of chicken. (Zenreich, Scott. "Cornish Hens. Zenreich.com)

My cornish hen recipe is a simple one. It's only a dash-and-splash combination of Real Salt (Nature's First Sea Salt), Datu Puti soy sauce, vinegar and McCORMICK black pepper --- another mestizo of seasonings.

The mix was generously strewn with mint and basil leaves. Since I do not have a proper oven, I cooked this in my rice cooker! Ingenious, eh. After a little over an hour, here it is!

Too early for Thanksgiving?

Well, everyday is an occasion to thank the Heavenly Father for all the blessings.

And, that gives me another idea...

Bon appétit !