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I Haven't Spatchcocked a Chicken In Years

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pmillen:
I cook chicken a little past the USDA recommended temperatures to ensure that Marcia doesn't see anything pink in there.  But I still want to pull the breast before the legs.  That can't be done with a spatchcocked bird so I've been using a technique that Barry (Chef Barry or just CB) Martin showed me a few years ago.


Lay the bird on its back and peer up into the breast cavity to locate the joint in the ribs where it looks like some go with the breast and some go with the back.  Cut along that V-shaped "seam" with sheers and when you get to the front just turn 90° and cut through the spine difficult joint that's left (I think it's the long end of the wishbone).

That removes the back from the breast, leaving only the breast and wings with the body cavity open because the back is gone.

You don't have to do any cutting on the other piece.  It's the complete back and the two thighs and legs.

Now you can pull the breast at one temperature and the dark meat at another.

I was reluctant to try it at first 'cause it didn't seem as though I had complete instructions—but I actually had all I needed.  It's just that there's not much to it.

What the heck.  Give it a try.  So what if it doesn't turn out exactly the way you wanted.  It'll still cook up.

Bentley:
That is the 1st time I have eve seen a bird laid out like that!

Queball:
Got more pictures of the process? .... Have you spatchcocked the breast and wing side and left the legs intact? Are these 2 separate pieces that after cutting you slid back together in the photo?

pmillen:

--- Quote from: Queball on September 05, 2017, 06:28:38 AM ---Got more pictures of the process?
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No.  I don't know if I can get a shot up into the body cavity if that's what you're looking for.


--- Quote from: Queball on September 05, 2017, 06:28:38 AM ---Have you spatchcocked the breast and wing side and left the legs intact?
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No.


--- Quote from: Queball on September 05, 2017, 06:28:38 AM ---Are these 2 separate pieces that after cutting you slid back together in the photo?

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Yes.  I should have left a space between the two pieces for the photo.

pz:
This looks like one of the best methods of preparing the bird I have seen.  It will be definitely be done the next time I do a bird.

Thanks for posting

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