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01-10-2022 10:59 AM - edited 01-10-2022 11:00 AM
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?
01-10-2022 11:02 AM
Yes. I once bought a spatchcocked (flattened) chicken at Aldi's. Flat, but still tastes like chicken.
01-10-2022 11:03 AM
Never have.
01-10-2022 11:03 AM
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 !
01-10-2022 11:03 AM
Many many times
01-10-2022 11:06 AM
Yes. I have an interest in cooking and have many interesting cookbooks.
01-10-2022 11:08 AM
01-10-2022 11:19 AM
Always, but never liked the way it looks in presentation.... a flat chicken all splayed out like that....not for me.
01-10-2022 11:24 AM
When Curtis Stone is on hsn, he often will do a "spatchcocked" chcken.
01-10-2022 11:26 AM
@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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