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If poultry
is frozen, thaw in running water until meat are soft
and joints are movable. Hold the chicken firmly by its
neck with the back towards you and place the knife
edge besides the tail on the side opposite your
holding hand.
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Split the
back by cutting down the back bone of the chicken.
Angle your knife slightly to the spine as you cut
through the ribs for easy cutting.
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Spread the
chicken on its breast and cut through the cartilage to
the bone and cut into halves. Take the wing and push
down on the joints and carefully remove the keel bone.
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Holding
the breast and wings and separate from the breast with
a strong pull.
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Position
half the chicken and stretch the leg to the rear.
Holding the wing and cut through the joint to remove
wing.
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Cut the
half chicken into quarter by positioning the
knife at the rear tip of the keel, cutting towards the
backbone in front of the thigh.
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In order
to separate into quarters, cut to the bone and pull
them apart. To separate the thigh and drumstick, cut
off the drumstick just below the fat seam. Repeat the
same for the other half.
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This
completes the whole cutting process and wash parts of
chicken for keeping. Use a plastic bag or Tupperware
box to store chicken pieces and freeze immediately.