Spiced Yogurt Spatchcock Chicken Recipes

Steps:

• Pop the chicken in a large dish and slash the legs a few times with a sharp knife. Mix together the lemon juice, chilli powder and 1 tsp salt. Pour this over the chicken, turning so that it coats both sides. Cover with cling film and chill for 1 hr. Meanwhile, whizz the remaining ingredients (except the oil) and some black pepper in a blender until smooth.
• Remove the chicken from the fridge and spoon over the spicy paste, making sure it covers both sides. Chill for at least 4 hrs, preferably overnight.
• Light a lidded barbecue and let the flames die down. Once the coals have turned ashen, mound them up on one side. Drizzle the skin of the chicken with the oil and place, skin-side down, on the side of the barbecue with the coals underneath. Cover with the lid and cook for 15-20 mins until charred.
• Flip the chicken over and move to the side with no coals underneath. Close the lid and cook for a further 20-25 mins until cooked through. Check that the juices run clear; if not, return to the barbecue for a further 10 mins, then check again. (To cook in the oven, heat to 200C/180C fan/gas 6, place on a wire rack over a tray and cook for 45-55 mins. To char the skin, grill for a further 5-10 mins if needed.)
• Leave the chicken to rest for 20 mins, then scatter over the coriander and serve with chapatis warmed on the barbecue, raita and your favourite chutney.

Steps:

• To spatchcock the chicken, use strong kitchen scissors or poultry shears and cut down either side of the spine. Pull out the spine, turn the chicken over and press down on the breast of the chicken to flatten it out to one thickness.
• Whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice and zest, garlic, oregano, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a medium bowl. Put the chicken in a gallon-size resealable plastic bag in a rimmed dish. Pour in half of the marinade, reserving the rest for serving later. Seal the bag and rotate it around to evenly distribute the marinade. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Remove the chicken from the marinade and discard the marinade. Pat the chicken dry with paper towels and season generously all over with salt and pepper; let sit at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• Prepare a grill for medium indirect heat: For gas grills (with 3 or more burners), turn all the burners to medium-high heat; after about 15 minutes turn off one of the middle burners and turn the remaining burners down to medium. For charcoal grills, bank one chimney starter-full of lit and ashed-over charcoal briquettes to one side of the grill. Set up a drip pan on the other side to avoid flare-ups. (Be sure to consult the grill manufacturer's guide for best results.)
• Place the chicken skin-side up on the indirect side of the grill with the legs facing the hotter side. Cover and cook until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the thickest part of the thigh (avoiding the bone) reads 150 to 160 degrees F (almost cooked through), about 50 minutes.
• Move the chicken over to the direct-heat side of the grill. After 2 minutes, flip the chicken to char and crisp up the skin side, another 3 or 4 minutes. Check that the temperature in the thigh is now at least 165 degrees F. If it is not, then move the chicken back to the indirect side, cover and cook until the final temperature is reached. Remove from the grill; let rest 20 minutes before carving.
• Stir the scallions and dill into the reserved marinade. Drizzle over the chicken or serve on the side.

Steps:

• Place chicken in shallow dish.
• Mix yoghurt, garlic, cumin, coriander and chilli together and pour over chicken.
• Coat well.
• Cover and leave to marinate in refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
• Remove excess yoghurt mix from chicken.
• Arrange drumsticks on foil line baking tray and bake in moderate oven 200deg C for 35- 40 minutes or until tender and cooked.
• Place remaining yoghurt mix into saucepan.
• Blend in cornflour and sugar.
• Bring to boil, stirring.
• Reduce heat and simmer for 2 minutes.
• Drizzle sauce over chicken.

Steps:

• With a sharp knife, make a few slashes in each drumstick.
• Mix the remaining ingredients in a bowl, season to taste.
• Add the drumsticks, rubbing the mixture well into the meat. If you have time, cover and chill for 30 minutes
• Remove the drumsticks from the marinade, shaking off the excess. Cook them on the barbecue for 20-25 mins, turning occasionally, until cooked through.
• If cooking indoors, heat oven to 400F and roast the drumsticks for 30 mins until chicken is cooked through.

Steps:

• Rinse chicken and pat dry.
• Fold chicken wings across back so that the tipe touch.
• Tie or skewer the drumsticks to its tail.
• Place the chicken in a latge glass bowl.
• Mix the 1/2 teaspoon water and gound mustard in a small bowl.
• Stir in remaining ingredients except 1/4 cup water.
• Pour over chicken.
• Cover and refrigerate at least 12 hours, but no more than 24.
• Heat oven to 375.
• Remove chicken from marinade, reserve the marinade.
• Place the chicken on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.
• Roast chicken 1 hour or more, until juices run clear.
• Spoon the reserved marinade over the chicken when it has 30 minutes left to cook.
• Remove chicken from the roasting pan, and keep it warm.
• Stir the 1/4 cup water in the pan drippings, and heat until hot.
• Remove and discard the skin from the chicken.
• Serve the meat with the sauce.

Steps:

• With a sharp knife, make a few slashes in each drumstick. Mix the remaining ingredients in a bowl, season to taste. Add the drumsticks, rubbing the mixture well into the meat. If you have time, cover and chill for 30 mins.
• Remove the drumsticks from the marinade, shaking off the excess. Cook them on the barbecue for 20-25 mins, turning occasionally, until cooked through.

Steps:

• Add the first 4 ingredients to a shallow dish; stir to mix well.
• Add the yogurt, lemon zest, lemon juice, garlic, and salt; stir to mix well.
• Add the chicken to the dish; spoon the sauce over the chicken to coat well.
• Cover with foil or plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
• Spray broiler pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• Take chicken out of marinade and drain well; discard marinade.
• Put chicken in the broiler pan.
• Broil 3 inches from heat source for about 5 minutes, turning once, or until chicken is browned and cooked through.
• Serve.

Steps:

• Spatchcock the chicken by using poultry shears or kitchen scissors (or a sharp knife) to cut along one side of the backbone until the chicken opens. If you like you can cut along the other side of the backbone and remove it, or leave it attached to roast with the rest of the bird. Open up the bird and place it so it lies flat, breast side up. Press hard onto the center of the breast until you feel a pop, and the breast lies more or less flat.
• In a small bowl, mix together sugar, salt, chile powder, paprika, mustard powder, oregano, pepper, allspice and bay leaves. Smear the mixture all over the chicken. Lay chicken, skin side up, on a rimmed baking sheet (or plate) and refrigerate uncovered for at least 2 hours and up to 24 hours.
• Heat oven to 425 degrees. If the chicken isn't on a rimmed baking sheet, transfer it to one. Roast chicken until the juices run clear when the thickest part of the thigh is pricked with a fork (an instant-read thermometer plunged into the thickest part of the breast will read 150), 40 to 50 minutes.
• Remove from oven, cover bird with foil and let rest for 10 minutes before carving. Serve with lime or lemon wedges on the side.