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STRANGE CHICKEN NAME

Shanus — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:00:11 GMT

Rarely post here, but have to tell you about my whole chicken. I've always asked behind the counter person to take the back out of my chickens, so I press them flat and they roast in the same time as chicken pieces. Well, to my dismay it's called "spatchcocking".

I cook it in a lg.cast iron skillet preheated and brown the top of the chicken on the stove top with a bit of olive oil. Then flip it back over to cook in the oven. It's ready in 50-60 minutes.

Anyone else heard this term?

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PickyPicky3 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:02:48 GMT

Yes. I once bought a spatchcocked (flattened) chicken at Aldi's. Flat, but still tastes like chicken.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:03:12 GMT

Never have.

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jlkz — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:03:16 GMT

@Shanus

Never did a lot of cooking, but have read many recipes, esp. at holiday time. Read the word but no article ever explained it or I just blithely skipped over it.

Thanks for 'splaining it ! Makes a lot of sense too !

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grandma2pkmh — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:03:25 GMT

Many many times

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proudlyfromNJ — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:06:00 GMT

Yes. I have an interest in cooking and have many interesting cookbooks.

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Desertdi — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:08:45 GMT

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KingstonsMom — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:19:35 GMT

Always, but never liked the way it looks in presentation.... a flat chicken all splayed out like that....not for me.

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Krimpette — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:24:06 GMT

When Curtis Stone is on hsn, he often will do a "spatchcocked" chcken.

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:26:07 GMT

@Shanus I first heard the term while watching Food Network shows a couple of years ago. I've also seen shows where they spatchcock (butterfly) a turkey on Thanksgiving.

I looked it up when I first heard the term because i made me chuckle.

If I remember correctly, it was found in a 18th century cookbook. I guess it an Irish phrase for "dispatch the c*ck" or kill the chicken.

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sunshine45 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:28:06 GMT

this term has been used for a LONG time now.

you can spatchcock any bird.

i have a friend who spatchcocks her turkey and prepares it that way......she says it is a lot easier to roast.

never even thought to ask the butcher to do this for me. will have to see if they will?

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deepwaterdotter — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:29:31 GMT

I like to cook spatchcocked chcken on the grill.

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Sooner — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:31:20 GMT

@Shanus LOL!!! We have been doing that for many many years, and yes, knew the name too.

I have a great pair of sharp Henckels Poultry shears that could cut a tree limb and I just snip the back out with those, cutting down each side.

I throw the neck, back, and wings in a bag in the freezer for broth.

I thought you were talking about a name for a chicken. My pet chicken's name was Chickadee-Fly-High. She laid eggs on the clothesline and mother would step on them and NOT be happy about it. But that's another issue.

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aroc3435 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:36:11 GMT

@Shanus Oh, yes. Chefs have been using that term for decades. I am probably familiar with it because I love to cook, have watched food shows on TV for years, and have many chef friends, including one that I dated while I was in college in Newport, RI. He had graduated from the CIA (Culinary Institute of America) when it was still in New Haven, CT before it moved to Hyde Park, NY.

Since I went to high school in New Haven and loved food he and I had a lot of fun together.

aroc3435

Washington, DC

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tansy — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:48:44 GMT

Costco was selling a spatchcocked vacumn packed turkey during the holidays. I wish I had picked up one.

It's a well known term.

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RollTide2008 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:49:53 GMT

I regular spatchcock a bird with my Kuhn Rikon scissors.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:50:16 GMT

Yes, I am familiar with the term but have never bought one done or have done my own. There are recipe instructions for doing it with a turkey too, so it cooks faster.

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LindaSal — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 17:14:15 GMT

Trader Joes in my area sells Spatchcock chickens vacumm packed in a marinade.

I buy them once in a while, I really don't see much of a difference in the taste or texture that I do when I use the crockpot. But we do enjoy them.

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Nightowlz — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 17:59:34 GMT

Yes I have heard the term Spatchcock.

DH has done that with chicken & turkey.

He smoked our organic whole turkey for Christmas like that. It was really good.

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Knit-Chick — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 18:31:16 GMT

Yes! I agree - it's such an odd name! This is how I roast a whole chicken now. I watch you tube videos and do it myself -- but you need a very good pair of kitchen shears. I mix butter with garlic, lemon peel, a bit of lemon juice and some herbs and put it under the skin and then rub it on top. Roast that with some lemon wedges, carrots, potatoes and onions and it's an easy dinner.