if a chicken takes 2 hrs to roast using normal method how much will spatchcocking it reduce this time by?

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That must be a massive chicken to take 2 hours!

1 1/2 hours if spatchcocked.

Two hours to roast a chicken? OP, are you trying to roast it over a candle in the fridge?!
Or have you bought a turkey by mistake? One hour is plenty in a fan oven for even the chubbiest chicken. Unless you are actually planning to cremate it rather than eat it...

One hour is not enough to roast a whole chicken! Most of the supermarket ones are 1hr 40 ish

2 hours to roast a chicken we buy huge chickens, over 2kg, and they are in for around an hour (I don’t know the actual times as dp does the cooking but it’s about that).
I have no idea how much spatchcocking reduces the time!

A spatchcocked chicken can be treated as if it were chunks of chicken on the bone, so the same time for roasting (eg) chicken thighs on the bone. I would say 30-40 minutes depending on temp and how you baste them.

I don't like dry chicken and like the breast meat so wouldn't roast one in an hour - DP, who likes the thighs, would happily do one in an hour at a higher heat. It's personal.

I give a 1.5kg chook (weight before taking out the backbone) 45 mins if I've spatchcocked it. An hour if it's larger, up to 2.5kg, anyway. Don't forget to roast the removed backbone alongside; great for stock and the strip of crisp skin is a brilliant cook's treat!!

Delia Smith has a recipe to cook a chicken in 45 minutes, not spatchcocked.

www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/sunday-roast/fast-roast-chicken-with-lemon-and-tarragon

Spatchcock chicken is around 50 mins depending on size. Whole chicken is 20 mins plus 20 mins per pound so typical supermarket "large" chicken takes around 1 hour 50 mins. If you are only cooking a large chicken for an hour, you are risking food poisoning and I suspect your oven is too hot so you have dry chicken.

It's a 2.3 kg chicken from sainsburys. It said to cook for 1hr 55 mins.

If the label says 1hr 55, it will roast in 1hr 30. Get a meat thermometer, then you’ll know for sure.

Chicken is so much nicer when it’s cooked for the correct amount of time.

@Babdoc
Two hours to roast a chicken? OP, are you trying to roast it over a candle in the fridge?!

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