spatchcock

IPA: spˈætʃkɑk

(cooking, also attributively) Poultry which has been cut along the spine and spread out for more even cooking.

(cooking) To cut (poultry) along the spine and spread the halves apart for more even cooking.
(figuratively) Often followed by in or into: to interpolate or insert (something into another thing); to sandwich (something within another thing).

Examples of "spatchcock" in Sentences

Maybe he was eating spatchcock social worker in a blood-and-port jus.
Then we saw Alton Brown spatchcock a chicken on Good Eats & Matt decided to try that.
I make my own when ever I spatchcock a chicken or turkey but I do need to supplement the homemade stuff.
Rather than roasting them on a spit, the Spanish pigs are splayed, spatchcock style, and baked in clay dishes.
"We would have had to spatchcock together whatever coalition we could, but it was profoundly difficult," he said.
Try lemon-brandy spatchcock chicken and grilled pineapple and these assorted braai recipes as well as other traditional foods.
I've used chicken Maryland portions but you could easier use this for a whole chicken - it would be best if you "spatchcock" the chicken first, that just means you cut it straight down the backbone and flatten it out.