A great way to save money is to buy an entire chicken and break it down. For only $5.54 we purchased a 5.59 lb chicken (we got an extra discount with our grocery store membership card). With just one whole chicken, we made 10 cups of chicken broth and a chicken dinner for 9 with leftovers to store in the freezer for next week.
You can save some money next time you’re looking to serve up a delicious dinner by following these steps for cutting up a whole chicken.
1. Set the chicken breast side up on a cutting board and grab a sharp
knife.
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2. Pull the wing away from body and cut top down through the joint.
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3. Cut the skin (not the meat) between the leg and body to see where
the leg connects.
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4. Break the hip by holding a leg in each hand and bend the legs
backwards until the joint pops.
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5. Lay chicken on its side and cut the leg away from the body.
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6. Separate the leg and thigh by bending the leg and cutting through
the joint. Repeat on the other side.
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7. Make a shallow cut along the breastbone and loosen the meat from the
bone using your fingers.
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8. Cut the breast away from ribs by making small cuts with your knife
tip and pulling the meat away from bone.
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9. Repeat steps 7 & 8 for the other breast.
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10. Sanitize, Sanitize, Sanitize…your cutting board, knife, and
hands!
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Brittany is a registered dietitian and has been with Food & Friends since October 2012. Her previous experience was working as a clinical dietitian on the pediatric hematology and oncology unit at Children’s National Medical Center. Brittany completed her dietetic internship in Baltimore, Maryland through Sodexo-Mid Atlantic and is a graduate of Bluffton University in Ohio. She enjoys traveling, playing tennis and softball, making crafts, and has a new found love for leading cooking classes. Learn more about Food & Friends' nutrition services.
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