{"id":6241,"date":"2024-08-22T17:29:32","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T15:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/notjustbbq.nl\/?p=6241"},"modified":"2024-11-05T15:26:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T14:26:54","slug":"butterfly-fast-and-flat-chicken-peri-peri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notjustbbq.nl\/en\/recipes\/butterfly-fast-and-flat-chicken-peri-peri\/","title":{"rendered":"Butterfly (fast and flat) chicken peri peri"},"content":{"rendered":"
This is the way to get all parts of a whole chicken cooked evenly on your barbecue. When it comes to summer grilling, few things are as impressive and flavourful as a perfectly grilled butterfly chicken. By removing the backbone and flattening the bird, you ensure even cooking and allow the chicken to absorb all those smoky barbecue flavours.<\/p>\r\n
The result? Crispy skin, juicy meat, and a meal that’s bound to be a hit at any backyard gathering. Whether you’re a seasoned griller or new to cooking chicken this way, this recipe will guide you through the steps to create a delicious, golden-brown butterfly chicken on the barbecue. Grab your tongs, fire up the grill, and let’s get started!<\/p>\r\n
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<\/p>\r\n Watch the live bbq video HERE ><\/a><\/p>\r\n 1. Fill the barbecue 1\/3 full with charcoal, place a cast iron grill on top and light it. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n 2. Wrap the bricks in aluminum foil or use as we did the lid of a Dutch oven. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n 3. Place the chicken on its belly (skin side) and cut out the backbone. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n 4. Then break the chicken flat by pressing on it and spread it all over with olive oil. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n 5. Rub the chicken on all sides through the Peri Peri rub (for more flavour, season the inside also) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n 6. Drizzle with some chili oil and let the chicken marinate in the refrigerator for at least half an hour. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n 7. Then squeeze the juice of a lemon over it (just before grilling!). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n 8. In the meantime, heat the bricks (we used the lid of a Dutch Oven) on the grill of your barbecue. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n 9. When the grill and bricks are very hot, place the marinated chicken with the skin side (belly) down, on the indirect part of your barbecue. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n 10. Add some fireherbs to the fire. This will bring extra flavour to your chicken.<\/p>\r\n 11. Place the bricks\/lid on the chicken and grill the chicken for about 30 minutes until cooked and brown. (turn it halfway through and cover it with the bricks again) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n 12. Let the core temperature be at least 70 degrees. If you poke the thigh and clear, colourless liquid comes out, your chicken is cooked.)<\/span><\/span> Slice it in pieces and heat it up with some chilli sauces<\/a> on the side.<\/strong> Butterfly chicken peri peri This is the way to get all parts of a whole chicken cooked evenly on your barbecue. When it comes to summer grilling, few things are as impressive and flavourful as a perfectly grilled butterfly chicken. By removing the backbone and flattening the bird, you ensure even cooking and allow the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[711,288,690],"class_list":["post-6241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes","category-115","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/notjustbbq.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6241"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/notjustbbq.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/notjustbbq.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notjustbbq.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notjustbbq.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6241"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/notjustbbq.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6275,"href":"https:\/\/notjustbbq.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6241\/revisions\/6275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notjustbbq.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/notjustbbq.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notjustbbq.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notjustbbq.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6241"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notjustbbq.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=6241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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