Spatchcock Chicken
Jan 24, 2025 05:18 PM
Spatchcock Chicken is the best way to roast or grill a whole chicken because this method gives you chicken that is evenly cooked inside and out. By using this cooking method, you get flavorful crispy skin with juicy, tender meat on the inside.
Using the spatchcock cooking methos is truly, one of the best ways to make delicious, flavorful, and juicy chicken!
What is spatchcock chicken, you ask? To put it simply, a “spatchcock” chicken is basically a butterflied chicken. To spatchcock the chicken means to remove the back bone and butterfly it out.
This technique helps the chicken cook evenly throughout, get crispier skin, and the cooking time is also very short.
Great aspect of preparing a spatchcock chicken is how customizable it is in both preparation and flavor profiles! You can roast it in the oven, grill it, or smoke it.
Depending on your tastes, you can also alter the ingredients I have listed in my wet rub to better suit your palate. However, if I do say so myself, my wet rub recipe is loaded with flavor and always yields the most mouthwatering chicken that’s full of flavor!
Ingredients:
- 4 lb whole chicken
Wet Rub
- 1/4 cup olive oil, avocado oil, canola, or vegetables oil
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp coarse kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 1/2 tsp paprika sweet or smoked
- 1 1/2 tsp ground mustard
- 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- 1/2 tsp chipotle chili powder or another chili powder
Butter rub
- 2 tbsp butter softened
- 2 tsp seasoning mix from above
Potatoes
- 2-3 lbs small potatoes can mix with carrots or other root vegetables
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2-3 tsp coarse kosher salt to taste
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
Prep Time:
15 minutes
Cook Time:
45 minutes
Total Time:
60 minutes
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