It's uncertain where spatchcocking, removing a chicken's backbone and flattening the bird before cooking, originates. It's mentioned in 18th-century Irish cookbooks, there's a strong culinary tradition in Germany and France, and chicken tabaka, a dish hailing from Georgia, is much-loved across the former Soviet Union. Wherever its beginnings lie, half the world is doing it and so should you. A spatchcocked chicken cooks faster and more evenly, meaning it's more succulent. Because of the flat surface, the chicken is exposed to maximum heat, leaving the skin crispier too.
Get the recipe for spatchcocked chicken here