spatchcocked chicken tonight

[U.S. Janet B.]

I've got a whole chicken thawed. It's going to be a rainy day
followed by many rainy days. Something cooking in the oven sounded
good.
I'll cut the backbone out of the chicken and flatten the breastbone.
Then into a large plastic zip bag with a generous amount of a spice
mixture that I love called Garlic and Herb seasoning from Spice Island
and some buttermilk for a marinade until later this afternoon. I'm
going to try to get a little gardening in during the day.
Then for dinner I'll preheat the oven to 450F, drain and wipe the
chicken dry and rub it with a little corn oil. Lay it flat in a heavy
pan and surround with quartered red potatoes that have been oiled and
seasoned. It should take about 45-60 minutes to roast the chicken. It
will be nicely browned all over and the potatoes will be nicely
browned as well. Asparagus for the vegetable. Some fruit for
dessert.
Not a lot of work to it and it always turns out.
Janet US

[Gary]

That certainly sounds good to me.

[jmcquown]

Sounds good! I hope you get your gardening in before the next rain!

I'm not sure I'm going to avoid rain here, either.

Jill

[Ed Pawlowski]

On 5/16/2019 10:04 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>

Sounds good. I do chicken like that on the grill but never tried it in
the oven. I like the idea of doing it on a pan with the potatoes at the
same time.

[U.S. Janet B.]

On Thu, 16 May 2019 10:52:48 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

hard to avoid the rain when it is basically all over the country. At
least the rain in my area is promising to be light. Not like Steve's
area that has been in the red zone for over a week. You folks on the
east side have been getting large amounts of rain. I think we are all
ready for some sunshine.
Janet US

[U.S. Janet B.]

you can put chunks of carrot with the potatoes so all your veggies are
done at the same time. If you cover the surface of the pan occupied
by chicken with veggies, you eliminate spitting and spatter in your
oven.
https://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/r558/gemlass1315/SpatchcockChicken_zps3851a9c6.jpg.html

https://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/r558/gemlass1315/SpatchcockChickenFinished_zpsaa06711a.jpg.html
Janet US

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

What time do you want me to be there and what would like me to bring to
supplement this feast?

[jmcquown]

Don't know if she likes roasted globe artichokes but I saw an episode on
a grill show yesterday... split them in half and spoon out the fuzzy
part in the center. The choke. Parboil (artichokes are fibrous and
tough) in salted water about 10 minutes. Drain, then brush the grill
with oil and put them on the grill. Cook them cut side down first then
turn them. About 10 minutes each side. It was suggested serve the
grilled artichokes with lemon aoili with chives. That is, mayo with
grated lemon rind and chopped chives blended in. Like a "dip". Me, I'd
just melt some butter for dipping the artichoke leaves.

Of course I love asparagus any which way, too. :)

Jill

[U.S. Janet B.]

6-ish and ice cream would be good don't you think? Do you want iced
tea, coffee, wine or beer? ;-)
Janet US

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

Pick out the flavor of ice cream and I'll be there! And I'd like iced
tea with my dinner, please.

[Sqwertz]

I put the chicken on a rack and the potatoes underneath in a puddle
of chicken stock so they start to steam in the broth, then fry in
the fat dripping from the chicken once that's going.

-sw

[Sqwertz]

On Thu, 16 May 2019 11:40:05 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:

> I put the chicken on a rack and the potatoes underneath in a puddle
> of chicken stock so they start to steam in the broth, then fry in
> the fat dripping from the chicken once that's going.

Forgot the photo:

https://i.postimg.cc/DZ8ssjdR/Rotisserie-Chicken-Fondant-Potatoes.jpg

Another one of just potatoes:

https://i.postimg.cc/CKvkRTDj/Fondant-Potatoes.jpg

[U.S. Janet B.]

On Thu, 16 May 2019 12:29:08 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

sounds really good but as you said, not in the rain :-( I put that
thought aside for the summer.

[U.S. Janet B.]

On Thu, 16 May 2019 09:36:06 -0700 (PDT), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"

<itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:

>On Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 11:32:42 AM UTC-5, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 16 May 2019 09:05:22 -0700 (PDT), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
>> <itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:
>>
>> >What time do you want me to be there and what would like me to bring to
>> >supplement this feast?
>>
>> 6-ish and ice cream would be good don't you think? Do you want iced
>> tea, coffee, wine or beer? ;-)
>> Janet US
>>
>Pick out the flavor of ice cream and I'll be there! And I'd like iced
>tea with my dinner, please.

shoppers choice on the ice cream, we like them all. Tea is easy

[U.S. Janet B.]

On Thu, 16 May 2019 11:40:05 -0500, Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.invalid>
wrote:

A rack sitting on top of the pan or a rack up above with the juices
dripping down?
You did get some nice browning
my potatoes do cook in the chicken juices but I pull the pan out
before I get that much browning, not wanting to get the chicken
overdone. Do you finish with the broiler?
Janet US

[graham]

and warmth!!!!

[Dave Smith]

On 2019-05-16 11:51 a.m., U.S. Janet B. wrote:

> hard to avoid the rain when it is basically all over the country. At
> least the rain in my area is promising to be light. Not like Steve's
> area that has been in the red zone for over a week. You folks on the
> east side have been getting large amounts of rain. I think we are all
> ready for some sunshine.

We have been experiencing a long, cool, wet spring. I had hoped to make
a rhubarb pie for a BBQ pot luck on the weekend but the rhubarb was
nowhere near ready, and it is still not ready for harvesting. I spent
most of the last week working on the art festival. Thursday was the set
up and then it ran all week and tear down was Monday. It was supposed
to rain hard on Wednesday so I mowed last Tuesday, thinking it would be
a week before I could get at it again. As it turned out, did not grow
that much. There was lots of rain but no sunshine.

[Sqwertz]

Bottom up: Potatoes, rack, chicken. I have a pan with a circular
well in the middle that holds the potatoes and collects the fat
underneath them to fry. The potatoes are par-boiled first so they
brown/crust better and are perfect at the same time the chicken is.

-sw

[Ed Pawlowski]

The potatoes really look good.

[Bruce]

On Thu, 16 May 2019 15:10:56 -0500, Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.invalid>

The potatoes look good apart from a little bit of kitchen towel.

[U.S. Janet B.]

On Thu, 16 May 2019 15:10:56 -0500, Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.invalid>

that gives you great results but too much work and pots and pans for
me..

[U.S. Janet B.]

the grass and weeds are leaping out of the ground here. Dandelions
everywhere but too wet and cool to put plants in other than cabbage,
onions, stuff like that,
Janet US

[Ed Pawlowski]

On 5/16/2019 4:25 PM, Bruce wrote:

>>>
>>> A rack sitting on top of the pan or a rack up above with the juices
>>> dripping down?
>>> You did get some nice browning
>>> my potatoes do cook in the chicken juices but I pull the pan out
>>> before I get that much browning, not wanting to get the chicken
>>> overdone. Do you finish with the broiler?
>>
>> Bottom up: Potatoes, rack, chicken. I have a pan with a circular
>> well in the middle that holds the potatoes and collects the fat
>> underneath them to fry. The potatoes are par-boiled first so they
>> brown/crust better and are perfect at the same time the chicken is.
>
> The potatoes look good apart from a little bit of kitchen towel.
>

Adds fiber.

[Sqwertz]

Its the same number of pans/racks thing as chicken on a rack! I've
leanred not to cook chicken directly on a baking sheet/pan (unless
it's glass). The metal conducts heat to the bottom side of the bird
too fast. Perefct for crispy potatoes, but bad for birds.

Oh, and the pan foe par boiling the potatoes? Big deal <pbbbt>. It
cleans up easy while the rest of the dinner cooks.

-ww
-sw

[Sqwertz]

Feed the troll <yawn>. That's It's chicken albumin. Give "Bruce" a
blow job for me.

-sw

[Ed Pawlowski]

Humor impairment noted.

[penm...@aol.com]

On Sat, 18 May 2019 00:32:42 -0500, Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.invalid>

I bake spatchcocked chicken on a rack in a SS pan with no
sticking/burning... I also pull out the rib bones {grab w/paper towel}
for a nicer presentation and easier eating.

[Bruce]

Narcissists take themselves verrrrry seriously.

[jmcquown]

The grilled artichokes looked absolutely delicious. Even before I saw
the show, when I was at the grocery store last week the artichokes
looked very nice. I was tempted! But I didn't have a plan so I didn't
buy any. Now I have a plan. Grilled split globe artichokes. :)

Jill