Chicken Spatchcocked

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  • Prep Time

    15 mins

  • Cook Time

    1 hr

  • Additional Time

    10 mins

  • Total Time

    1 hr 15 mins

  • Servings

    8 people

  • Calories

    714 kcal

  • Course

    Dinner

  • Cuisine

    American

Chicken Spatchcocked

Here we have a perfect open-faced chicken, rubbed with salt and lots of butter, roasted over a bed of vegetables and chicken stock to give it a perfect aroma and keep it moist.

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Ingredients

Servings
  • 5 pounds whole chicken
  • 3 lemons sliced
  • fresh thyme springs
  • 1 2-inch ginger peeled and sliced
  • 1 vadalia onion peeled and sliced
  • 6 garlic cloves peeled, hard end removed
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter cut into 4 pieces
  • 2 cups chicken stock
  • 1 cup white wine
  • salt
  • pepper

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375F.
  2. Place the chicken breast side down on a cutting board. Using a chef’s knife or poultry shears, cut along each side of the backbone, separating the backbone from the chicken. Remove the backbone and save it for stock or discard it.
  3. Turn the chicken, breast side up facing you, on a cutting board. With the heel of your hands, press firmly against the breastbone until it cracks and it lays flat. 
  4. Start at the neck and loosen and lift the skin around the breasts and around the thighs part of the chicken. Gently push between skin and meat (be careful not to detach skin completely) and rub salt under the skin. Place the cut butter under the skin. Sprinkle generously salt and pepper all over the cavity and the all over skin.
  5. On a large cookie sheet, spread the lemon, thyme, sliced onion, garlic, and ginger to cover the bottom. Sprinkle with salt. Place the wire rack over the lemon onion mixture and place the flattened chicken breast side up, in the middle of the rack. Add the wine and 1 ½ cups of chicken stock. 
  6. Roast the chicken in the preheated oven. Add more chicken stock to the cookie sheet if it starts to dry out. Rotate the chicken halfway through roasting time. Poke gently with a fork the breast at the tight junction to let out any juices.
  7. Bake for 1 to 1 ½ hours. Remove from oven and let rest for 10 minutes before carving.

Nutrition Information

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Calories 714kcal (36%) Carbohydrates 8g (3%) Protein 55g (110%) Fat 47g (72%) Saturated Fat 15g (75%) Cholesterol 225mg (75%) Sodium 288mg (12%) Potassium 705mg (20%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 2g (4%) Vitamin A 535IU (11%) Vitamin C 27.8mg (31%) Calcium 55mg (6%) Iron 3.1mg (17%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 8people

Amount Per Serving

Calories 714 kcal

% Daily Value*

Calories 714kcal 36%
Carbohydrates 8g 3%
Protein 55g 110%
Fat 47g 72%
Saturated Fat 15g 75%
Cholesterol 225mg 75%
Sodium 288mg 12%
Potassium 705mg 15%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 2g 4%
Vitamin A 535IU 11%
Vitamin C 27.8mg 31%
Calcium 55mg 6%
Iron 3.1mg 17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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