0 a chicken or other type of bird that has been cut open down the middle, pressed flat, and cooked; this method of cooking a chicken, etc.:
1 to prepare a chicken or other type of bird for cooking by cutting it open down the middle, and then pressing it flat:
When we grill chicken, I prefer the thighs and drumsticks or even the whole chicken as in my Spicy Spatchcock Chicken.
Spatchcocks are available from game butchers and specialty poultry suppliers.
Her recipe for buttered spatchcock has chickens covered with a thick layer of butter.
The contestants had to attempt to spatchcock a poussin and then make a lemon curd.
Spatchcocked quail was a little fiddly to eat, particularly as a dish to share.
The recipe requires 4 poussin (ask your butcher to spatchcock them for you).
Once all the birds are spatchcocked, smear with marinade and leave overnight in the fridge.
I think it is important that a measure of this kind should not be dealt with in a spatchcocked or hurried way.
