How to Chop Up a Chicken - Cutting up a Chicken

From Kyle Phillips, former About.com Guide

To quarter the chicken, cut each half on a slight diagonal, to separate the breast from the thigh.

If you're cutting up a small bird at this point you may be done.

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• Start with a Chicken
• Cutting up a chicken: Removing the wingtips
• And then the tail...
• Splitting the chicken: First cut
• Splitting the chicken: Second cut
• Quartering the chicken
• Separating breast and wing
• Separating drumsticks and thighs
• Chopping the chicken: Done!

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