Saturday, June 12, 2010

Butterflied Roast Chicken

I really don't know why people roast their chicken whole.  Butterflying it makes it cook faster and allows for higher heat.  What this does is, I think, to put the chicken under heat for a shorter period of time and crisp the skin much more evenly.  I also like to put garlic cloves, herbs, slice lemon and what-not under the chicken to flavour it.  Since the flavouring agents are heated from the beginning, the flavours penetrate the meat quickly. 

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