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How to carve a chicken

How to Carve a Chicken Instructions

Contributor: Lyndsay Burginger

Never learned how to carve a chicken? We’ve got you covered with this easy step-by-step guide.

  • Author: Lyndsay Burginger
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 0 minutes
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 6 servings
  • Category: Entrée
  • Method: How-To
  • Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • Whole cooked chicken*

Instructions

  1. Using your knife, cut in-between the thigh and breast and follow your cut. 
  2. Using your hands pull the thigh and leg loose from the chicken body and repeat with the other side.
  3. Switch back to your knife and cut between the thigh and leg bone. It’s easy to find if you move the leg and watch where it hinges. Repeat.
  4. Locate the breast bone in the middle of the breast and cut on both sides of the bone. 
  5. Use your boning knife to slowly cut the breast from the ribs using short strokes from the tip of the blade.
  6. Slice the breast. Repeat.
  7. Disconnect the wing from the chicken. Repeat on the opposite side.
  8. Transfer chicken pieces and slices to a large plate or platter to serve.

Notes

*Find a full recipe for roasting whole chicken here.