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Spatchcocked Chicken

SeasonedCitizen — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 00:58:13 GMT

found this at Trader Joes's. It is a butterflied chicken that has been brined.Had it for Easter dinner with roasted asparagus, small, peeled multicolored carrots (Trader Joes), and mini multicolored & flavored potatoes. Very little work & prep time and guests really enjoyed it.

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MJDinVegas — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 01:30:49 GMT

Sounds delicious! I’ll have to try it. Thank you for sharing. Happy Easter!

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happycat — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 01:32:32 GMT

@SeasonedCitizen, that sounds delish. I wish we had a trader joes.

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GenXmuse — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 01:38:28 GMT

I’ve seen that there! I’ll have to give it a try.

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SharkE — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 01:40:39 GMT

what a name LOL

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pegomyheart — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 02:15:25 GMT

This is not difficult to do yourself. And if you spatchcock your turkey it cooks faster and turns out wonderfully. Maybe you should practice on a chicken first. Ha!

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pegomyheart — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 02:16:50 GMT

This is not difficult to do yourself. And if you spatchcock your turkey it cooks faster and turns out wonderfully. Maybe you should practice on a chicken first. Ha!

Yeah, it is a silly name. One wonders where the word originated. Or maybe we don't want to know.

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CinNC — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 02:38:49 GMT

Have seen them at our local grocery stores under the brand "American Bbq Company" - I really would like to try doing my own.

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Othereeeen — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 21:43:44 GMT

There are many videos on You Tube on how to spatchcock a chicken.

This is the ONLY way I cook whole poultry any more.....cooks MUCH faster and is so easy to do, plus you buy the whole chicken which is usually cheaper.

I've also done turkeys and ducks this way.

Alton Brown's "A Chicken in Every Pan" show, and several vidoes from Ina Garten show how to do it. Google it!

The word PROBABLY comes as a shortened term for diSPATCHing a male bird.

Hope this helps. I use my Kuhn Rikon shears to cut out the backbone and keel bone.

I keep the skin from the backbone to make "patches" on any skin I've torn in the handling process ( I eat crispy skin) and I keep the backbones in the freezer to make my own chicken stock/broth.

I HATE paying $2.00+ for broth, when it appears it's made by running 20,000 gallons of water over one chicken wing...in other words, about 1 cents worth of chicken and water!

Make your own. Tastes better, you know what's in it.

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LilLadyNJ — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 01:29:25 GMT

I've tried this several times and it's wonderful. During winter, I roasted in the oven and in the summer time I put it on the grill and it was even better. Would highly recommend it. Sadly, there is no TJ close to where I now live, so I don't get this anymore.