Ultimate BBQ spice blend
Make our versatile spice blend to use in a variety of ways. If you have whole spices, toast them first in a dry frying pan for 1-2 mins until fragrant
BBQ-spiced spatchcock chicken
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- plus 1 hr marinating
- Easy
- Serves 4
Skip to ingredients
- 2 garlic clovescrushed
- ½ lemonjuiced
- 100g natural yogurt
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 quantity of ultimate BBQ spice blend(see 'goes well with')
- 1.3 kg whole chickenspatchcocked (learn how to do this below)
Nutrition: Per serving
- kcal393
- fat25g
- saturates6g
- carbs2g
- sugars2g
- fibre2g
- protein39g
- salt0.3g
Method
step 1
Combine the garlic, lemon juice, yogurt, olive oil and spice blend in a bowl, and season with a little salt and pepper. Put the chicken in a roasting tin and cut a few slashes into each leg using a sharp knife. Rub the marinade all over the chicken and into the slashes, then leave at room temperature for 1 hr. Will keep chilled for up to two days. (Watch our helpful video above to show you how to spatchcock a chicken.)
step 2
When you’re ready to cook, put the chicken, skin-side up, on a barbecue over ashen coals. Cook for 5 mins on each side, then move the chicken to the cooler side of the barbecue (not directly over the coals) and cover with the barbecue lid. Cook for 20-30 mins more, turning regularly until the chicken is lightly charred on the outside and cooked through – the internal temperature should read at least 70C and the juices should run clear. Remove to a tray, cover and leave to rest for 10 mins before carving and serving.
