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Trying to work out calories for Spatchcock minus the skin?

aaaanni
aaaanni Posts: 25
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Done a quick google search but can't find how many calories in a Spatchcock - and if i remove the skin? They look like tiny chickens!

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  • TexasTroy
    TexasTroy Posts: 477 Member
    hhmmm...whats a "spatchcock"? forgive me if I seem stupid, lol.
  • Beastette
    Beastette Posts: 1,497 Member
    Are you supposed to remove the skin? Maybe I should Google before I say something we'll all regret.

    Well, most of us. Welll, most of you.
  • deniseblossoms
    deniseblossoms Posts: 373 Member
    It looks like a style of cooking to me...is it like a cornish hen? And then they said it is also a young chicken less than a few weeks old...

    I suppose you could treat it like chicken then, and the calories would depend on you roasting with or without the skin...
  • PLUMSGRL
    PLUMSGRL Posts: 1,134 Member
    it IS chicken!
  • runbyme
    runbyme Posts: 522 Member
    Cornish Game Hen would be pretty close. It should be in the database! Good luck!

    Edited after I Googled it!
    It a method of deboning poultry so you can butterfly or grill it flattened!
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    they *are* chickens.

    deboned whole chickens.

    So, calculate for which pieces you ate, as boneless skinless _________, however many ounces you ate.
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    Spatchcocking is a way of preparing poultry or game birds. It is butterflying them by removing the backbone.
  • bella_babe_86
    bella_babe_86 Posts: 503 Member
    Log the parts that you eat without skin?
  • california_peach
    california_peach Posts: 1,809 Member
    It's a boneless chicken.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    I smell something here.... *sniff sniff* And I think I know who...
  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
    awwww man... too bad spatchy has a forum ban...
    There could be some awesome "eat me" comments in here.....
  • zaph0d
    zaph0d Posts: 1,172 Member
    Spatchcocking is a way of preparing poultry or game birds. It is butterflying them by removing the backbone.

    So basically 1 chicken minus whatever calories are in the backbone?
    In my opinion it's just easier to eat the backbone to avoid having to do the maths on that.
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    Spatchcocking is a way of preparing poultry or game birds. It is butterflying them by removing the backbone.

    So basically 1 chicken minus whatever calories are in the backbone?
    In my opinion it's just easier to eat the backbone to avoid having to do the maths on that.

    I agree.
  • kennethmgreen
    kennethmgreen Posts: 1,759 Member
    Spatchcocking is a way of preparing poultry or game birds. It is butterflying them by removing the backbone.

    So basically 1 chicken minus whatever calories are in the backbone?
    In my opinion it's just easier to eat the backbone to avoid having to do the maths on that.
    You aren't trying to start a debate on whether or not to eat backbone calories are you?
  • hooperkay
    hooperkay Posts: 463 Member
    hhmmm...whats a "spatchcock"? forgive me if I seem stupid, lol.

    lol your not stupid... I have no idea either? But title of topic was too much to pass up...lol
  • etoiles_argentees
    etoiles_argentees Posts: 2,827 Member
    don't be beetlejuicing that naked chicken in here. He's bad.
  • TexasTroy
    TexasTroy Posts: 477 Member
    Well, I learned something new today:) Thank you !
  • TexasTroy
    TexasTroy Posts: 477 Member
    hhmmm...whats a "spatchcock"? forgive me if I seem stupid, lol.

    lol your not stupid... I have no idea either? But title of topic was too much to pass up...lol

    lmao...yeah, I had to look myself.
  • aaaanni
    aaaanni Posts: 25
    Cornish game hen it is!! thanks so much! 294 Cal per bird minus the skin =)
  • JessLLoser
    JessLLoser Posts: 235 Member
    People know everything on this site. Even stuff that should be a Monty Python skit.

    Really Spatchcock, with no explanation. O.P you knew we would all be intrigued. And now I learned a new word.
  • sydneyhom
    sydneyhom Posts: 4 Member
    As far as I can figure an average sized Spatchcock is about 500 to 600 calories.
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