How to cut a whole chicken

unkel

I'm sure most of you know this already. Feel free to ignore this post aimed at newbies and bad butchers (like me)

For the best way to cut a chicken, watch this:

http://www.5min.com/Video/How-To-Cut-Apart-A-Whole-Chicken-75843838

rubadub

I use a scissors to cut up chicken fillets and other meats. I wanted to get a good one. In searching amazon I found they have several types of "poultry shears"

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dkitchen&field-keywords=shears&x=0&y=0

If you order £25 worth of stuff on amazon you can select free shipping.

CJhaughey

TK Maxx have some good poultry shears for less than €10, I got a very nice set for 5.99 last weekend.

unkel

Using scissors / shears is a good idea, thanks. Never thought of that. Would be great if you need to cut loads of chickens. Personally, I'm not that keen on buying / maintaining tools just for one purpose (cutting a chicken) when I would only do a job like that once a week max