Spatchcock BBQ chicken. BBQ spatchcock chicken is super easy to prepare and delivers a moist chicken. A spatchcock chicken ("butterflied") is a technique used to remove the backbone and flatten the chicken for a more. Spatchcocked chicken seasoned with our chicken rub, brushed with sweet & heat bbq sauce and BBQ'd to wood-fired perfection.
Well today we'll break it down for you. Spatchcocking is a great way to BBQ chicken. Spatchcocking a chicken is easy and makes cooking it whole on the barbecue a doddle. You can cook Spatchcock BBQ chicken using 5 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Spatchcock BBQ chicken
- Prepare of Whole chicken.
- You need of Butter.
- Prepare of Bbq sauce of choice.
- You need of Salt.
- Prepare of Pepper.
Place in roasting tin, cover and chill. Open the chicken and cut the cartilage covering the breastbone using a sharp knife. Rubbed in coffee and spices for a charred effect, this spatchcock chicken recipe is what barbecues were made for. See healthy bbq ideas at Tesco Real Food.
Spatchcock BBQ chicken step by step
- Preheat oven to 400. Remove spine from chicken. This isn't the easiest thing, you will need a sharp knife and some elbow grease lol! Once spine is out, crush the breastbone with your hands. You should hear it crack. It should lay flat when done. This method allows it to cook faster and keeps the meat more moist. Freeze bone for chicken stock later!!.
- Dry the chicken with towels. Coat in salt and put in air tight container for minimum of 30 min. This will pull the remaining moisture out. After 30 minutes rince the chicken thoroughly again and pat until dry..
- Coat the chicken in butter. Peel back the skin from the breast portion. And put 2 cubes of butter inside the breast skin. Bake for 45 minutes.
- Coat one layer of bbq sauce after 45 minutes of cooking. Cook an additional 15 minutes. Then put another coat of bbq sauce on and cook another 10 minutes. Pull out and let it sit for at least 5 minutes to allow the juices to redistribute. I served it with garlic n herb roasted potatoes and fresh sauted green beans..
Treat your family to Spatchcock BBQ Chicken with Green Bean Salad. This spatchcock BBQ chicken is complemented perfectly by a grilled green bean salad. How on earth spatchcocked chicken has escaped me so far in life I may never know, but now that we've been introduced I think I shall stay by spatchcock chicken's side forevermore. Spatchcock Chicken roasts in half the time of a whole trussed chicken, and also cooks more evenly. It's a perfect weeknight dinner staple!