Easy Peasy Quick Dinner: Cornish Hens in the Crock Pot

I love my crock pot, especially during the winter months when the weather is cold and dreary. 
This is super simple and easy - prep it the night or morning before work and let the crock pot do the leg work.

Ingredients:

• Two frozen Cornish hens
• One can of gluten free chicken broth (or water or white wine)
• Salt
• Freshly ground black pepper
• Onions
• Garlic
• Thyme
• Basil
• Bay leaf
• Baby carrots
• Chili pepper
• Olive oil
• Arrowroot powder as a thickener (optional)

How to make it:

1. Set your crock-pot to low.
2. Pour in some olive oil and then add onions and garlic.
3. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, chili pepper, basil, and thyme.
4. Add the bay leaf.
5. Add frozen hens into crock-pot any way they will fit!
6. Pour in your chicken broth (plain water is also ok, or certain types of wine) and then add carrots.
7. Sprinkle liberally with all of your spices but leave out the garlic and bay leaf.
8. Adjust top to fit snugly and walk away for six hours.
9. Using a meat thermometer, test for doneness. I found ours to be done at six hours, but kept on cooking for seven. It's almost easier to use clean fingers to tear the meat off of the bones versus the traditional fork and knife.

Serving - 1/2 a Hen

	Calories	340
	Fat	25 g
	Saturated Fat	7 g
	Carbohydrates	0 g
	Cholesterol	170mg
	Protein	29 g