Cutting Up a Whole Chicken
Source of Recipe
Grandpoohbah
Recipe Introduction
Prices for whole chickens can save you a bundle...here's how to cut up your own...
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Step 1
Place chicken, breast side up, on a cutting board. Cut skin between thighs and body.
Step 2
Grasping one leg in each hand, lift chicken and bend back legs until bones break at hip joints.
Step 3
Remove leg and thigh from body by cutting (from tail toward shoulder) between the joints, close to bones in back of bird. Repeat for other side.
Step 4
To separate thighs and drumsticks, locate knee joint by bending thigh and leg together. With skin side down, cut through joint of each leg.
Step 5
With chicken on back, remove wings by cutting inside of each wing just over joint. Pull wing away from body and cut from top down through joint.
Step 6
Separate breast and back by placing chicken on neck end or back and cutting (toward board) through joints along each side of rib cage.
Step 7
To cut breast into halves, place skin side down on board and cut wishbone in two at V of bone.
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