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Offline seajay

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Spatchcocking a chicken
« Reply #-1 on: February 10, 2014, 06:14:27 PM »
Does anyone have pics on how to do this cut?

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Re: Spatchcocking a chicken
« on: February 10, 2014, 06:31:20 PM »
I've spatchcocked my share of chickens and turkeys but your best bet is to google something like ... "how to spatchcock a chicken" ... you'll get oodles of videos, pics, descriptions, etc.  You can also search the forum using "spatchcock" but you'll probably get many photos of the chicken after it's been spatchcocked and cooked  :)
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Re: Spatchcocking a chicken
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2014, 06:38:41 PM »
I don't have any pictures but it is fairly easy to describe, first flip the bird breast side down and take your poultry shears and cut as close to the backbone/spine as you can on each side and remove the backbone. If you are going to separate the two halves, I take a knife and slice down along the breastbone on each side, then I use the shears to cut the middle of the breast bone out. If you want to keep the halves together then you can break the breast bone out with a pop from the handle end of your knife and then pry it out trimming as necessary. Hope that helps or someone comes along with some pictures soon.

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Re: Spatchcocking a chicken
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2014, 06:51:09 PM »
Agree with both posts--just do it--first time jitters usually, then you realize it's a piece of cake.   Do it all the time now--only time I do a whole chicken is in the SRG.   I prefer to do spatchcocked ones on my trusty CB940X, usually with the rotisserie.   Just as juicy as with the SRG that way and like the skin better.

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Re: Spatchcocking a chicken
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2014, 06:53:55 PM »
Look under butterflying a chicken on you tube and watch how it is done.



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Re: Spatchcocking a chicken
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2014, 07:03:10 PM »
In case you want to experiment, I prefer this to spatchcocking—Blue Highway Chicken.  It separates the white and dark meat so they can be removed from the heat independently.
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Spatchcocking a chicken
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2014, 11:04:25 PM »
I have done many. Kitchen shears make easy work. Should take you all of 4 minutes. Good luck. Very easy
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Re: Spatchcocking a chicken
« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2014, 11:28:05 PM »
« Last Edit: February 11, 2014, 11:29:56 PM by Tenpoint5 »
Bacon is the Crack Cocaine of the Food World.

Be careful about calling yourself and EXPERT! An ex is a has-been, and a spurt is a drip under pressure!


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Re: Spatchcocking a chicken
« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2014, 10:37:29 AM »
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Re: Spatchcocking a chicken
« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2014, 01:14:13 PM »
Hopefully this manages to come through ok for you. Lego's style, no words, just pictures. I do however trim off the wing tips.

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