The Test Kitchen: How to Cut Up a Whole Chicken - Gourmet Magazine

Food editor Ian Knauer demonstrates easy, indispensable tips to help you cut perfect chicken pieces every time.

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[cigar612]

Wish I would have watched this BEFORE I hacked my chicken up!

[Kimberley Hopkins]

I also watched this AFTER I royally massacred my chicken...

[rishadq]

I would say most kitchen tasks are harder with a cheap knives, Thomas. I only recently discovered the joy of good knives and it makes a world of difference. If you can at all, save up some money and get yourself a GOOD sturdy, sharp 8" kitchen knife. Wusthof, Henckels, Victorinox, or on the Asian side - Shun, Miyabi, or Tojiro. They'll cost around $100, but will last you a lifetime. Happy cooking!

[KubwaNaNzuri]

now im off to cut my chicken up i hope its easy

[sansari13]

Five stars for showing us how to remove the breast bone... thanks a billion.

[Prancingwolf7]

thank you! I just bought a whole organic chicken because i thought i would save money doing the butchering myself. now i know how to chop this sucker up!

[dogbone222]

I still have ribs on mine. what do?

[piyber4]

Excellent video on cutting up whole chicken, plus nice shirt

[CarolHampson2011]

Really helping thank you!

[rxpx69]

corn fed



[Nia Sunaina]

Why is the chicken yellowish.

[Thomas Johnson]

All I can say is thank you! Just cut up my first whole chicken and as a student that's quite scary, however it went quite well.... Its very difficult with cheap knives though. Thanks!!