Cooking Nice

If you are looking for something special to make for dinner, consider cooking a spatchcock chicken. It is a dish with a funny name that may sound difficult, but it is really quite easy. Whether you are preparing dinner for family or for company, this is a way of cooking chicken that is sure to bring you a lot of compliments.

In reality a spatchcock chicken is just a chicken that has been butterflied. It is best to have a very fresh chicken and a young one. If you prefer, your butcher can butterfly the chicken for you. But if this is something you have not done before, you may find it interesting to learn, as it is not hard.

In order to do the spatchcock operation, it will be necessary to have poultry shears. If you have one of the large and elaborate kitchen knife sets, these shears may be a part of it. If not, purchasing them on their own will be a good investment, as they are handy for a variety of cooking tasks.

Put the chicken on a cutting board in front of you, breast side down against the board. Using the shears, cut alongside the backbone, cutting right through the ribs, on both sides of the backbone, along the entire length of the chicken. Lift the backbone piece free, to be discarded or saved for making stock or used in another recipe.

Turn the chicken breast side up on the cutting board, pulling apart… Continue reading →