Deboning a Chicken

Last Updated on Sunday, 17 July 2011 22:34 Written by Celt_Ginger Sunday, 17 July 2011 22:10

Here is a way to take all the bones out of a chicken. Even a medium sized shop bought chicken will give up a lot of meat if boned out this way, and it will work out considerably cheaper than buying ready boned chicken breasts.


Start out with one regular medium chicken


Turn the chicken onto it's front.


Make a cut along it's back bone, all the way from it's neck right down to the tail


Using the tip of your knife, begin to cut the flesh away from the carcass. Think about the shape of the bird and follow the ribs etc as close as you can


As you get to the legs, you will come accross the ball/socket joint.


Put the tip of your knife into the joint and give a twist of your wrist and it should pop right out. these can be a bit stiff, so don't be afraid to give it some leverage.


It should pop out like this.


Continue to cut into the bird close to the carcass all the way round.




Where the shoulder bones meet the carcass, there is a piece of white cartlidge. Cut through this (on both shoulders) and work the flesh away from the bottom of the carcass


You can now simply peel the carcass from the breasts.


the carcass is now removed.

Next to be removed are the leg bones.

Feel the flesh for the bones underneath and simply make a couple of cuts down to the top of the bones. Use your fingers to push the flesh away from the bones and use your knife to cut around the knuckle joint and to remove the bones