Jointing a chicken

babybug

betterlife wrote: »

well done, i often do the same to make it go futher, dont forget to use the bones for a lovely stock.x

Thanks, I meant to ask about that. I always use my roast chicken bones to make stock but wasn't sure if you could do the same with uncooked

Is it the same principle?

betterlife

yes will be fine, chuck the bones, skin etc in a large pan with any sorry looking veg and boil for a few hours. will give you another couple of meals if you pick the meat off and make yummy chic and veg soup with some crusty hm bread, gosh my bellies rumblin at the thoughtx.

Debt_Free_Chick

No harm in roasting the bones first. I use a mixture of roasted and raw bones.

As for jointing a chicken, this is a great start to "butchery" or just for giving you more confidence to tackle a piece of meat. Have a go at filleting and skinning a fish next. Start with a firm fish like salmon.

I'm actually thinking of doing a butchery course! For no reason other than "I'm interested"

Penelope_Penguin

babybug wrote: »

Hello,

I'm not much of a poster on the OS boards, more of a lurker really, but I was so proud of muself I just had to share!!!

Well done :j I'll add this to the existing thread on jointing chicken to keep ideas together.

Penny. x

Jasper27_2

I've searched and found a few threads saying how much cheaper it is to buy a whole chicken and portion it yourself, but how do you do it? I have no knowledge of butchery and only the usual carving knife and kitchen scissors for equipment. Can anyone tell me how to half and quarter a whole raw chicken, is it fairly easy? I have visions of a pile of mangled meat and OH taking me to A&E! However it's nigh on impossible to buy half a chicken in the shops and a decent chicken isn't too pricy so I'd like to have a go.

blueberrypie

Good, clear explanation with photos at http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/cutupchicken.htm

thriftlady_2

Delia taught me how;)

tessie_bear

delia explains it well in te complete cookery course ( i think it is that book) u could look in the libary for a book with pics...fanny craddock cuts up a cooked chicken in her xmas cookery series but i dont know if that is on tv any time soon

angelavdavis

We use scissors in our house! Cut into quarters.

Bongedone

There are a few videos on youtube also.