Kitchen

[Shanus]

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?

[PickyPicky3]

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

[Group 5 minus 1]

Never have.

[jlkz]

@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 !

[grandma2pkmh]

Many many times

[proudlyfromNJ]

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

[Desertdi]

[KingstonsMom]

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

[Krimpette]

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

[CrazyKittyLvr2]

@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.