Ciara Attwell

Piri Piri Spatchcock Chicken

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Preparation info
  • Serves:

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      55 min

Appears in
My Fussy Eater
My Fussy Eater

By Ciara Attwell

Published 2018

  • About

If you love roast chicken but don’t always have the time to cook it, then this is the recipe for you. By simply removing the backbone from the chicken and flattening the chicken out (known as spatchcocking), you can cut the standard cooking time in half. Perfect for a mid-week dinner.

Ingredients

  • 1 medium chicken (about 1.75 kg)
  • 1 tbsp olive oil

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 220°C/200°C Fan/Gas Mark 7 and line a large baking tray with foil.
  2. Place the chicken breast-side down on the tray with the legs closest to you. Using sturdy kitchen scissors, cut either side of the backbone that runs