How to Chop a Chicken

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Rinse the chicken under cool running water.

   Remember to rinse both the outside as well as the inside of the bird.
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   Step 2: Place the chicken

   Use the cutting board you dedicate to handling raw animal products. , Discard them or save them for a future use. ,,, This should dislocate the hip joint. ,, Pull the leg down until the knee pops out of the joint. , Repeat the process on the other side before moving on to the wings. ,, Repeat this step on the other side of the chicken. ,,,,,, This will separate the back from the breast. ,,,
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   Step 3: breast-side-up

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   Step 4: on top of a cutting board.

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   Step 5: Remove the neck and giblets from the cavity of the chicken.

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   Step 6: Cut away the large piece of fat that is attached to the opening of the chicken cavity.

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   Step 7: Cut through the skin that connects the leg to the body.

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   Step 8: Once you’ve located the thigh joint that connects the thigh to the body

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   Step 9: hold the body of the chicken in your non-dominant hand and twist the leg up and out with your dominant hand.

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    Step 10: Cut the leg and thigh away from the chicken as one large piece by cutting down through the hip joint.

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    Step 11: Grasp the thigh in one hand and the leg in the other hand.

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    Step 12: Cut through the knee joint to separate the thigh and the leg.

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    Step 13: Turn the chicken over so that the back is facing upward.

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    Step 14: Locate the joint between the wing and the breast and cut between the joint to separate the wing.

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    Step 15: Place your knife in the cavity that once held the giblets.

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    Step 16: Push the tip of the knife out through the top of the body where the neck used to be.

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    Step 17: Slice through the thin area around the shoulder joint

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    Step 18: toward the outside of the chicken.

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    Step 19: Slice the bones of the rib cage while cutting parallel to the backbone.

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    Step 20: Slice through the shoulder joint and rib cage on the other side of the chicken.

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    Step 21: Bend the back away from the breast and slice through the shoulders.

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    Step 22: Cut downward along the length of the breastbone to separate the breasts into two pieces.

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    Step 23: Use the chicken pieces according to your recipe instructions.

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    Step 24: Finished.

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