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Spatchcock chicken

Serves 6 Preparation time 30 minutes Cooking time 35 – 40 minutes

You need

• 1 large chicken (1,6 kg)
• 100 g butter
• 5 big cloves of garlic, sliced
• 2 red chillies, chopped
• 1 sprig of rosemary, needles stripped and chopped
• juice and grated peel of 1 lemon
• 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
• 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt
• ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

Here’s how

1 To spatchcock the chicken, use sharp scissors to remove the backbone. Put the chicken on a chopping board with the breast facing up. Press down on the breastbone with your hand until it