First of all, let me offer this disclaimer. Not because I feel the need to apologize, but because I want to be sensitive to your level of...sensitivity. :-)
***The slideshow in this post has lots of pictures of raw chicken. It's an instructional post, but knowing how I felt about looking at, much less handling, raw meat before our "buying meat in bulk" journey began 5 years ago, I won't hold it against you if you decide to skip this one. I WILL whole-heartedly encourage you NOT to skip it though. I still don't enjoy the task of cutting up whole birds, but it no longer bothers me in the slightest!
I also am no expert. I know my home economics teacher had us cut up a whole chicken way back when, but I had no clue when I started this venture. Really, no clue. Now, with lots of practice under my belt, I'll share some tips I've gleaned along the way, and in a future post, share a few of the reasons why we've chosen this food source route.
I hope these posts educate and inspire you to give pastured poultry a try...or to at least buy chicken whole and fresh and local. It's alittle more work upfront, but the monetary savings can be substantial, even if you just buy what is available at your local grocery store.
Double click on the slideshow below. Captions will accompany each picture. You can adjust the speed or click pause to view frame by frame. You may also view the slideshow larger by clicking on the full screen option.
3 comments:
This was helpful. And yours looked neater than ours did. Ok, so that's the oyster. I had no idea what that guy from Gourmet was talking about!! LOL!
I didn't separate the the breast from the tenderloin. I think the way you showed was easier than the method on the video. Also, I didn't know to separate the wings like you did. But I can always do that when I thaw them. Do you have a good recipe for using wings? I never buy them.
Wow. This is almost artistic, Krista. You really have mastered this! I am so sloppy with my cuts. I hack and hack some more. You'd probably die of laughter to watch me and see my end product. Maybe I'll try harder next batch. Or, maybe I'll just hack. ;)
Thanks Krista. I enjoyed seeing you debone the chicken. I was wondering where you buy your chicken?
Carol
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