Spatchcock BBQ Chicken
Once you learn how to spatchcock a chicken you won't cook it any other way. It's quick and so delicious.
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients
- 1 whole pastured chicken split down the back (mine are anywhere from 4-6 pounds)
- 3-4 TB butter (or olive oil or avocado oil for the bottom of the pan and surface of the chicken
- 1 cup or so of BBQ sauce This 5 minute BBQ sauce is so good and no junk ingredients! If you purchase store bought just check those labels for corn syrup, preservatives, etc
- 1 onion sliced into rounds
- 2 cloves of garlic chopped
Instructions
- Butter the bottom of a large baking sheet or jelly roll pan, lay slices of onion on top, and garlic on top of the onions.
- Put the butterflied chicken on top of the onion rounds, and butter the surface of the chicken.
- Cook at 425 degrees for 40 minutes, take it out and brush the surface of the chicken with BBQ sauce.
- Place the chicken back in the oven and cook another 5-10 minutes, take it back out and brush it with more BBQ sauce. Cook another 5 minutes until the chicken is fully cooked and juices run clear.
- You can use more BBQ sauce for dipping if you wish!