Spatchcock Chicken

Author

NuWave

Prep Time

25 minutes

Cook Time

52 minutes

Servings

6-8

Category

Main Dishes

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken, 3lbs. to 5lbs., spatchcocked
• 4t sea salt
• 3t freshly ground black pepper

Directions

1. Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
2. Plug the plug-in Grill into the unit in Position 1.
3. Press Menu and use the START/PAUSE dial to select Menu Preset 34. Press START/PAUSE to begin preheating. Once preheated, the unit will beep twice, display “Ready”, countdown for 10 seconds and then beep once.
4. Open the door and place the chicken on the plug-in Grill, breast-side up. Insert the Probe into thickest part of breast.
5. Close the door to begin Stage 1 (400˚F Top heat 50% and Bottom heat 50% to an internal Probe temperature of 80˚F). Once the Probe target temperature is reached, the unit will beep three times. Open the unit and flip the chicken.
6. Close the door to begin Stage 2 (325˚F Top heat 50% and Bottom heat 50% to an internal Probe temperature of 155˚F), after which the unit will double beep three times.
7. Open the door and remove the chicken, leaving the Probe in to monitor carryover cooking. When the carryover target temperature of 165˚F is reached, the unit will beep three times and display “End”.
8. Carve and serve.