Sutton Hoo Spatchcock chicken
£25.00
- Ready for the BBQ or a quick oven roast
- Choose from plain or three different marinades
- Truly free-range chickens, slowly reared on open meadows in Suffolk
Spatchcock chickens make me think of France, dry white wine and frites. These lovely local spatchcocked ‘Sutton Hoo’ chickens are reared slowly for 10-12 weeks, much longer than standard supermarket free-range chickens. This gives them a wonderful texture and full flavour - I always suggest cooking them a little lower and slower to make the most of this. They’re so tasty and make a really easy meal. Each spatchcock chicken typically weighs 2kg and would feed 4-6 people.
We remove the backbone and spatchcock the birds ourselves. Choose from either plain, or marinated with one of our own chicken marinades; olive oil, sea salt, mixed Provençale herbs and garlic; West Indian Jerk seasoning; or Olive oil, lemon, ginger, chilli and garlic
As well as being lean, healthy and full of old-fashioned ‘chicken’ flavour, these are so easy to cook: they take around 30-40 minutes (turn a couple of times during this time) over coals – not right in the burning heart of the grill but over the gentler sides of the fire. Or of course, if it's raining, they can be roasted oven!
