�Spatchcock� refers to the method of cutting open a whole chicken, so that it sits flat in a pan, or on a grill. However, it wasn�t always the highly amusing verb it is today.
Originally, it was a highly amusing noun used to describe a small, young chicken. Since these tender birds were usually butterflied to cook faster and more evenly over the coals, �spatchcock� became the culinary term for this technique. So, if you use a small, young chicken like I did, then you�re actually spatchcocking a spatchcock, which is about the most entertaining answer ever to the question, �What are you doing for dinner?�
Originally, it was a highly amusing noun used to describe a small, young chicken. Since these tender birds were usually butterflied to cook faster and more evenly over the coals, �spatchcock� became the culinary term for this technique. So, if you use a small, young chicken like I did, then you�re actually spatchcocking a spatchcock, which is about the most entertaining answer ever to the question, �What are you doing for dinner?�
Above and beyond how fun it is to use in casual conversation, the technique really does work beautifully for grilling a whole chicken. Once you remove the backbone, and set free the sternum from its covering of cartilage, you'll have a bird that will cook quicker and more evenly. It also looks pretty damn cool.
If you don�t own a sturdy pair of kitchen shears, then I hope this video inspires you to go out and get this must-have piece of equipment. They make this technique incredibly fast and easy, and you can also use them to completely section a whole chicken into serving pieces, as we showed in this video demo.
Anyway, I hope you pick up some spatchcock soon, and give this whole spatchcocking thing a try. I�ll be showing a recipe I did using this technique in a future video, so stay tuned for that, and as always, enjoy!
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