How To Carve a Chicken

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You don't have to be a specialist to carve a chicken successfully. All you need is some patience and an extremely sharp knife.

To complete this How-To you will need:

A whole roasted chicken
A sharp carving or chef's knife
A cutting board
A serving platter

Tip: Add a little wine to the chicken's juices, cook, and serve as a tasty sauce on the side.

Step 1: Cut the trussing string

Cut the trussing string.

Step 2: Remove the leg and thigh

Remove the leg and thigh. Cut between the breast and the thigh. Then split the leg & thigh. Feel around for the joint and cut right through it. Repeat on other thigh.

Step 3: Begin carving the breast

Begin carving the breast. Cut right along side the center breastplate. Bring knife down until you hit the cartlidge. Pull away a bit and cut down the breast.

Step 4: Remove the breast meat

Remove the breast meat. Cut wing bone joint. Serve breast & wing together, or separate with knife.

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[LilRimiiProductions]

How To Truss A Chicken; How To Carve A Chicken...

What's next; How To Eat A Chicken? O.o

[socialxhazzard]

Hm Im hungry for chicken now. lol.

[HaydenBlakeShow]

what you will need:

cooked roast chicken

a mouth

steps

1. STUFF IT IN YOUR MOUTH

[myjunkemailaddres]

A useful tutorial but I would still look at a few others. I gave it a thumbs up.

[AQWorldsFan123]

@seralugirl That is because it is so moist.

[stefevr]

In order to carve a chicken, you need a chicken...

NO WAI :O

[frekijsimpson]

YUM!! Just pulled my beautiful bird off the grill, have it resting and needed a refresher - lol

Thanks Mark..!!

[iamnick10]

Haha he said 'Breast".

[seralugirl]

This is not what I am looking for. He's so messy .. Chinese chefs have a better way way of carving and presenting chicken.

[STROLLER213]

What I wanna know is, how I could make that sauce he was talking about in the beginning. Those juices look tasty! Does anyone know where that video is?

[MrYurkov]

i am sorry dude but chicken is still bloody,perfect for vampire...ha...ha...ha...vampi­re chicken

[AlanOnCA]

Thank you that video solved a problem that has plagued me for my entire life.