Spatchcocked chicken with jerk seasoning paste

Chicken second courses

Spatchcocked is really just a funny way of saying grilled butterflied chicken. Much like you need to butterfly a cornish game hen (which is a small chicken) so it will lay flat on the grill, you need to do the same with a whole chicken. Removing the backbone allows the bird to lay flat so the bird can cook more evenly on the grill.