Cutting up a whole chicken might be an intimidating prospect for a new cook.
The trick is to find the joints in the bird, and make sure your knives are sharp. Click through the gallery for the step-by-step guide:
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How To Cut Up A Whole Chicken For Cooking
Step 1:
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First, using a sharp knife, remove the feet of the chicken.
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Next, chop off the head of the chicken.
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Give the chicken a ‘massage’ to loosen its joints.
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Next, you want to start parting the chicken by first cutting the legs. Pierce through the skin at the joints and pull the leg out.
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Pop the joint where the thigh bone is and cut out the leg. Repeat to remove the other leg.
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Next, you want to remove the wings. Pull the wing out and use your thumb to find the joint.
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Once you’ve located the joint, it’s easy to cut out the wing. Repeat with the other wing.
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Clean up the cavity and trim off some of the excess fat.
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To remove the breast meat, cut along the breast bone.
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Cut along the wish bone. Once you’ve cut through, the breast meat should just fall off nicely.
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Cut as close to the carcass as possible (you can save the carcass for use in your soup stock). Repeat for the other breast.
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Now you have all your chicken parts ready for cooking. The best thing about buying a whole chicken is that you don’t waste any parts of it.
For more details on how to divide a whole chicken into legs, wings and breasts for cooking, watch the video below:
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Text/Video: Rebecca Lynne Tan / The Straits Times
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