Spatchcocked Birds

Name: Spatchcocked Birds
Prep time: 1 d 55 min
Cook time: 1 d 55 min
Total time: 1 d 55 min
Yield: 7
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps black peppercorns, lightly crushed in mortar and pestle; 1 spatchcocked or butterflied chicken; 2 Tbsps coriander seeds; 2 spatchcocked or butterflied poussins or Cornish game hens; 1 bunch fresh cilantro, leaves chopped; 1 inches fresh ginger, unpeeled and roughly chopped; 2 cloves garlic, peeled and bruised; 2 limes, juiced; 79 milliliters Generous olive oil (not extra-virgin); 1 Handful fresh parsley leaves, chopped; 7 servings Good grinding black pepper; 1 Tbsp rice vinegar; 1 bunch scallions, finely sliced; 1 Dash toasted sesame oil; 1 Tbsp soy sauce; 79 milliliters Generous peanut or vegetable oil; 79 milliliters Generous vegetable oil; 7 servings Maldon or other sea salt

Spatchcocked Birds might be just the main course you are searching for. Watching your figure? This gluten free and dairy free recipe has 551 calories, 23g of protein, and 50g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 15% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 7. If you have handful parsley leaves, maldon, rice vinegar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the fresh ginger you could follow this main course with the Fresh Ginger Cookies as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 24 hours and 55 minutes. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Spatchcocked Birds, Spatchcocked Chicken, and Spatchcocked Chicken.

Instructions

Set each bird in their respective marinade in a dish into which they fit snugly, cover with plastic wrap and leave in the refrigerator, preferably overnight or for 24 hours, though even a couple of hours would have an effect.

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Marinade

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

When the grill is good and hot, lift the birds out of their marinade and cook until the flesh has lost all raw pinkness but is still tender within and the skin is crisp and burnished and blistered. It's hard to be precise about times, since grills differ even more than ovens do, but on my grill - a gas-fired Outdoor Chef, which I love to distraction and, since it has a lid, I use even in the winter rain - the chicken takes about 35 minutes, the Cornish hens 15 and the quail about

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Quail

Marinade

Whole Chicken

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Grill

Oven

Along with sea salt, sprinkle freshly chopped parsley over the chicken and cilantro over the hens and quail, or use whatever herb seems right for the marinades you've concocted.

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Cilantro