Chicken Cutting Method


Cutting Method Knowledge: Chicken Cutting


What is Poultry?

  • Poultry is any bird that is commonly used as food. 
  • Types of poultry are chickens, ducks, geese, turkey, quail, pheasant. 
  • All poultry is processed in a similar manner. It is either cooked whole, cut, or boneless in any method of cooking.
Chicken Cut
Chicken Cutting



5 Chicken Cut Categories

  1. Half Cut Chicken
  2. Four Cut Chicken
  3. Eight Chicken Cut
  4. Ten Chicken Cut
  5. Retail Cut

Chicken Cut
Chicken Cut
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1. Half Cut Chicken

  • Cutting Whole Chicken into Halves (2 pieces)

Half Cut Chicken
Half Cut Chicken





2. Four Cut Chicken 

  • Cutting the whole chicken into quarters (4 pieces)
  • Two whole legs and two breasts included drumette, all cuts are bone-in

Four Cut Chicken
Four Cut Chicken
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3. Eight Cut Chicken


  • Whole chicken cut into two drumsticks, two thighs, and both breasts split in half across the rib bone (one half may contain the wing). This procedure is always done with the bone in.


Eight Cut Chicken
Eight Cut Chicken
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4. Ten Cut Chicken


Ten Cut Chicken
Ten Cut Chicken

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5. Retail Cut

  • Whole Chicken


Whole Chicken
Whole Chicken

  • Chicken Breast - Skin on


Chicken Breast - Skin on
Chicken Breast - Skin on

  • Chicken Breast  - Skinless

Chicken Breast - Skinless
Chicken Breast - Skinless

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  • Chicken Fillets or Tenders

Chicken Tenders
Chicken Tenders

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  • Boneless Chicken Leg - Skin on

Chicken Leg - Skin on
Chicken Leg - Skin on

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  • Boneless Chicken Leg - Skinless

Chicken Leg - Skinless
Chicken Leg - Skinless

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  • Whole Chicken Leg/ Chicken Leg


Chicken Leg
Chicken Leg



  • Chicken Drumstick

Chicken Drumstick
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  • Chicken Thigh - Bone-in


Chicken Tight
Chicken Tight
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  • Whole Chicken Wing/ Three Joint Wing (tip, winglet, and drumette)

Whole Chicken Wing
Whole Chicken Wing

  • Chicken Wing ( winglet and tip)

Chicken Wing
Chicken Wing

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  • Chicken Winglette or Winglet

Chicken Wingle
Chicken Winglet/ Winglette

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  • Chicken Drumette

Chicken Drumet
Chicken Drumet/ Drumette
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  • Chicken Wing Tip


Chicken Tip
Chicken Tip
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  • Backs, Feet, Necks, and Liver

Chicken Back
Chicken Back



Chicken Feet
Chicken Feet



Chicken Neck
Chicken Neck


Chicken Liver
Chicken Liver

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