How to Carve a Chicken
Place the chicken, breast up, on cutting board., Hold the chicken steady with a carving fork., Cut through the meat between the tail and hip joint., Continue to cut around the bone.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Place the chicken
It is important that it is breast up so that you can see what you are doing.
If you have just taken the chicken out of the oven, let it cool for 10 to 15 minutes. -
Step 2: breast up
Using a large carving knife, cut through the skin between the leg and the body. , Cut as closely as possible to the backbone.
Bend the leg back until the hip joint pops out., Pull the leg from the body until the meat is separated from bone.
Cut through the remaining skin.
Repeat on the other side.
If you are having trouble cutting through the skin, try using a serrated knife.
Work the knife back and forth until the skin is cut. -
Step 3: on cutting board.
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Step 4: Hold the chicken steady with a carving fork.
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Step 5: Cut through the meat between the tail and hip joint.
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Step 6: Continue to cut around the bone.
Detailed Guide
It is important that it is breast up so that you can see what you are doing.
If you have just taken the chicken out of the oven, let it cool for 10 to 15 minutes.
Using a large carving knife, cut through the skin between the leg and the body. , Cut as closely as possible to the backbone.
Bend the leg back until the hip joint pops out., Pull the leg from the body until the meat is separated from bone.
Cut through the remaining skin.
Repeat on the other side.
If you are having trouble cutting through the skin, try using a serrated knife.
Work the knife back and forth until the skin is cut.
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