How Do You Cut Up A Whole Chicken?
Don’t spend extra money paying for a whole chicken that is already cut up when it is so quick and easy to do it yourself. This is the same method you use to cut up a whole cooked chicken too. I will show you easy step by step directions to do this. Keep in mind, every time you do it yourself, it gets easier and easier. I know that this may gross some people out, and that’s ok, go ahead and buy it already cut up then. But at least try it once before you give up. You will see how simple it really is!
Start by rinsing the outside
of the whole chicken.
Put your hand inside the cavity and pull
out any organs they left for you. These
are not connected organs, they remove
the insides of the chicken for you before
you buy it. They sometimes put the neck,
heart, liver and gizzard in there because
a lot of people like to cook them with the
chicken or cut them up and add them to
their stuffing.
Rinse the cavity out really well. Drain all of the
water from the chicken carcass and pat dry.
Put the chicken on a large cutting board,
breast side up. Pull out on the leg and thigh.
Cut through the skin and meat. Cut between
the joints, not through the bone. If you bend
the thigh back after you cut some of the skin
and meat you will see where the joint is and
you can easily tell where to cut. Repeat
with the other leg and thigh.
Pull back on the wing and cut the skin and
the meat around the bone to see the joint
and cut easily between the joints, not through
the bone. Repeat with the other wing.
Cut the carcass in half separating the breast
half of the chicken from the back half.
Cut the back in half making two
pieces, cutting through the bone.
Cut the breast in half right
down the breast bone.
That’s it, see how easy it is!
If you cooked a whole chicken or maybe
bought a rotisserie chicken from the store,
you would use this same process to cut it
up too. It’s that simple!
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You make it look easy thank you😀
It really is Susan! Thanks!
Excellent tutorial. Very useful for beginner cooks. 🙂
Thanks that is who I was hoping would try this!
this is really helpful! now if i can just get past my aversion to touching slimy things…
Buy some rubber gloves it will really help!
Very well advised…..I think you are an expert in this
Hahaha not an expert just a lot of years of practice! Thank you!
I actually enjoy cutting up a whole chicken. As we prefer the leg parts, and the wings though, we’ll usually remove the breasts from the bones and use them either for crumbling, or now we have a dog – for dog meat. We find them to dry unless they’re crumbed and fried. Our little puppy adores chicken, so we’ll now get great value out of the whole chicken. We usually use the carcase for stock, but maybe the puppy will end up getting that as well sometimes now to clean his teeth with.
Great idea! I too like the dark meat. My husband eats the white meat or I will use the white meat in a pasta dish with lots of sauce.
Dissecting animals? You’re into biology XD?
Hahaha trying to keep up with you!
No need to do that 🙂
This is helpful, thank you!
You are so welcome! Enjoy your weekend!!
Fantastic post it’s so easy even I can do it now thanks so much
It really is easy! You are very welcome! Thanks for visiting today.
thanks for this – and glad to know the cooked chicken is cut the same way. you make it look easy!
oh – and one thing for me – I have started wear8ing gloves while handling any raw meat – esp. chicken
You’re welcome and there is nothing wrong with wearing gloves! Enjoy your blog!
thanks!!! 🙂
Reblogged this on Cathryn's Kitchen and commented:
Save $$$ by doing this yourself.
Definitely and it’s so easy to do. Thanks!
This is awesome! Thanks Diane!
Thank you Kayla! I hope you’re having a great weekend!
Excellent tutorial!
Awe thank you!
Welcome!
Welcome!☺
That’s it? THAT is how you cut up a chicken? Even I could do that. Thanks so much for this step-by-step guide. 🙂
That’s it and we pay so much more for somebody to do what only takes a few minutes to do ourself.
This is very helpful for those of us who buy those rotisserie chickens from Costco or Sam’s! Years ago I learned how to cut up chicken, but I never thought of wearing gloves. I love that idea!
God Bless the Sam’s Club rotisserie chicken for me. I buy 3-4 at a time and cut them up then freeze them in pieces. I will never understand how it is cheaper to buy a delicious, cooked whole chicken cheaper than they sell one raw. Thank you Betty!
Great tutorial, Diane, but I am one of “those” who will not touch raw chicken. I love to eat it though!
Then your best bet is to buy it cut up. We all have things that bother us and I’m sure you are not alone with this one.