Butterflied Chicken in the Pizza Oven
Butterflied (or spatchcocked or flattened) chicken is already a quick way to cook a whole bird. By removing the backbone and spine and then pressing down until flat, you’ve already shaved off quite a few minutes of cooking. And baking the chicken in the pizza oven cuts that down even further, to 35 minutes! With […]
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp black peppercorns
- 1 1/2 tbsp coriander seeds
- 2 tbsp salt
- 1 1/2 tbsp sweet paprika
- 1 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1 chicken, about 3 lb (1.4 kg) (see note)
- 2 tbsp basic dry rub
- 1/2 lemon
- Vegetable oil, for brushing
Instructions
- In a coffee grinder or mortar and pestle, crush the peppercorns and coriander
- seeds with the salt. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well. The basic dry rub will
- keep for 3 months in an airtight container at room temperature.
Butterflied (or spatchcocked or flattened) chicken is already a quick way to cook a whole bird. By removing the backbone and spine and then pressing down until flat, you’ve already shaved off quite a few minutes of cooking. And baking the chicken in the pizza oven cuts that down even further, to 35 minutes! With tender, juicy meat and a crispy skin, you won’t want to cook chicken any other way!