Salt baked cornish hen recipe - easy and tasty dinner

Ingredients

• One Cornish Hen, rinsed and patted dry
• 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine or dry sherry
• 2 quarter-size slices of fresh ginger, lightly smashed
• 1 spring onion, lightly smashed and cut into 1 1/2 -inch lengths
• 3 cilantro sprigs, plus additional cilantro leaves for garnish
• 1 star anise pod
• 1 tablespoon Rose Dew Liqueur or extra-dry vermouth
• 4 1/2 pounds sea salt