The Best Way To Carve A Whole Chicken

The Best Way To Carve A Whole Chicken | Epicurious 101

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Chef Frank Proto helps you add another skill to your kitchen toolkit, this time demonstrating the best way to carve a whole roast chicken, step by step. If you've found yourself unsure of how to start, leaving lots of good meat on the bone, or just mangling things in general, chef Frank is here to help.
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0:00 Introduction
0:40 Chapter 1 - Pre-carving
1:35 Chapter 2 - Knives
2:16 Chapter 3 - Carving
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@epicurious 2 жыл бұрын

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@MrYarabandi 2 жыл бұрын

More vegan and vegetarian recipes please. Love you all.

@Cloud.Strife 2 жыл бұрын

WTF IS THIS EDITING*?&*%&%?& You need to fire the mouth breather that made these cuts and skips in a video that should have been literally designed to NOT cut or skip over these instructional cutting parts.

@dif5759 Жыл бұрын

Wish I could buy through the link, but I am in the UK .... postage from US would be ..... a lot! :)

@ccastro02 3 ай бұрын

Who’s watching this with a Costco chicken on their cutting board?

@moxavenger 3 күн бұрын

Jewel Foods roast chicken.

@gustavolrcoelho 2 жыл бұрын

Knowing Frank and his absence from the channel, he raised that chicken himself.

@Amy-qq2yf 2 жыл бұрын

😂

@borger298 Жыл бұрын

Personal touch

@isthatdonnie 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: you are trying to carve a chicken right now

@rafaelmontoya1454 5 ай бұрын

You got me Big Yoshi

@steelsteez6118 5 ай бұрын

hahaha YUP!

@fletcher8103 5 ай бұрын

In 4 minutes…

@fletcher8103 5 ай бұрын

I failed…

@towIie 4 ай бұрын

Nah

@ProtoCookswithChefFrank 2 жыл бұрын

The team at Epicurious is doing a great job with these videos. Another great shoot & fun video.

@princeofdannok9354 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks master

@RahhmiPoofs 2 жыл бұрын

you'll be happy! I cut chicken correctly!

@neilneilguiang8409 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this vid sir frank! Now i know where to find the 'oysters'😁

@JC-vy1do 6 ай бұрын

I usually watch America's test kitchen. This was an enjoyable and thorough alternative. I am gonna keep checking out these videos.

@peadar-o 2 жыл бұрын

Before you make a stock with the big piece that’s left, clear off as much meat of the carcass as possible. The shreds are nice in a sandwich or salad.

@FusionC6 2 жыл бұрын

id just put it on a plate and dig in with a fork hehe

@peadar-o 2 жыл бұрын

@@FusionC6 I’ve been known to demolish an entire chicken, including cracking the bones and getting the good stuff out and eating the cartilage, but in the days I was meal prepping for lunches at the office, I was a bit more disciplined 😉 One of my former flatmates was very wasteful, pretty much throwing out a good serving of meat (bits left on the bones).

@seriaburns4511 2 жыл бұрын

Whenever I sauté veggies, I add a little bit of flaked chicken or some other "rekado" as we say in Filipino (little shrimps, ground pork, or any leftover meat that we wanna recycle), just to add more substance in the dish

@FusionC6 2 жыл бұрын

@@peadar-o cartilage is one of my fav parts, especially that large fin shaped piece between the breasts !

@Subtletext Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Much good chicken left on the breast bone and underneath.

@andy16005343 2 жыл бұрын

1:50 long knife means we don't have to saw, if we saw, we shred the meat. 4:45 proceeds to saw vigorously using about a quarter of the knife. Giggle.

@brendydekeyser2728 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly.... Wtf. Just run the full length over the meat.

@assassinz5542 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking I came to the comments to see if anyone else noticed lmao

@mezua123 2 жыл бұрын

@@assassinz5542 exactly why im here

@leo_link 2 жыл бұрын

I came here to say this, but knew in my heart it had already been said.

@2adamast 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed, in this case the knife was too long for him, had he kept the boning knife or used a thinner filleting knife it probably would have worked.

@Sandrosian 2 жыл бұрын

I should be going to bed but Frank is teaching us how to carve a chicken.....so time to learn how to carve a chicken. Who knows I might run into a freshly grilled chicken as a midnight snack.

@rahpat01 Жыл бұрын

Same, watching him carve a chicken while I should be sleeping. That chicken doesn't look very tasty though; flat-grilled looks much better than oven cooked, but you need to cut the breast a bit differently since the bird is spread open/flattened before grilling

@adventure_hannah3841 7 ай бұрын

Lol mood

@tommyh.2545 2 жыл бұрын

Frank is a definition of "Smiling with eyes", always cheers me.

@SarasaraSara-px6np 2 жыл бұрын

Frank is my favorite 😍 it's impossible not to watch his videos🙅‍♀️

@ThieflyChap 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who has a roast chicken regularly, this was highly useful. I now want a boning and proper carving knife.

@meighan845 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't think I would enjoy a video about carving chicken as much as I did. Frank is a gem ❤️

@chinnidiwakar 2 жыл бұрын

So this is what he is doing all these years, raising his own chicken so he can roast now PERFECTLY.

@oftenbetterthanone 2 жыл бұрын

glad to see you popped the oysters and ate them. I always do the same when I carve up a chicken!

@thomaslynch1853 4 ай бұрын

I was worried I lost the oysters somehow but at the end I found them 😁

@elizahhoward3923 2 жыл бұрын

I watch these videos everyday and I still eat and cook like a cave man

@scarasluts 2 жыл бұрын

Same!! 😭😭

@elizahhoward3923 2 жыл бұрын

@@scarasluts your definitely not behind my mom dude that's offensive

@scarasluts 2 жыл бұрын

@@elizahhoward3923 i am absolutely doing your mom

@Zipfei_Kloatscher 2 жыл бұрын

@@elizahhoward3923 I approve. He really does your Mom, sweetheart... 🙂👉🏻👌🏻

@elizahhoward3923 2 жыл бұрын

@@scarasluts my mom actually does your mom because your mom's gay

@savannahjennae2327 2 жыл бұрын

bout to tear up some costco rotisserie now, thanks frank

@johnhaynes3901 2 жыл бұрын

great stuff Frank......as usual. just really easy and fun to watch ! thanks!

@S.Clause 2 жыл бұрын

Get a nice long slice, you don’t want to saw; proceeds to saw every slice 🤣

@avaughs 15 күн бұрын

Great Video! Thanks for the help!! ❤Your tutorial saved the day; total clueless novice here.

@johnlong384 Жыл бұрын

I sure do appreciate your little tricks since they'll come in handy now & then, thanks!

@shipstern100 Ай бұрын

best carving vid on Utube, thanks for sharing

@fuzzylon Жыл бұрын

Frank Proto is brilliant ! I understand so much better now how a chicken should come apart.

@welissoncarlos8361 Жыл бұрын

cool, now I know how to carve a chicken and new words in english, you're such a great professional, hats off!

@jbt6007 Жыл бұрын

Loved this. Easy and straight forward.

@kookieCar503 Жыл бұрын

I want to carve and make it look pretty this the exact video I needed to see thank you. Wish me luck!

@anitamendez4637 Жыл бұрын

Love it I didn't know how to cut a whole chicken after baking it now I do thank u for sharing have a blessed day 🙏❤️🤤🤤🤤

@Mokaphyyr 2 жыл бұрын

I enjoy shareing these videos. theya re pretty awesome and very informative.

@NgYongYao 2 жыл бұрын

It’s still a treat to see Chef Frank cutting up a roast chicken and eat it after cutting it. XD

@Wafflefrieslmdh 2 жыл бұрын

Keep these coming this is a good series

@KoalaAwad 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks you Frank

@BrownMakarov 2 жыл бұрын

This sucks. Dont tell him thank you. You suck.

@Syed2319 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks you Frank

@Zakoota_Jin 2 жыл бұрын

0:38 "dance for us birdy" That caught me off guard lol

@apriljohnson7899 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Frank..U make it look so easy!! 👊👊

@meb3153 2 жыл бұрын

These really are great videos. Thanks!

@carlathedestructor2454 Жыл бұрын

This is really helpful. I always have trouble with the legs and thighs. Thanks!

@kennethwu115 Ай бұрын

Best carving Video

@cathyvigneaux490 10 ай бұрын

thanks Chef! I appreciate your instructions.

@SecretHere0713 2 жыл бұрын

Every person following this channel is waiting for 4 levels of episode it's been 2 weeks people! Give us something! Love from India ✨

@Mububban23 2 жыл бұрын

At my last workplace, we'd always have Friday drinks and snacks. I'd usually be the one to go shopping, and then prepare everything, which included cutting up the chicken. And those oysters were always mine, all mine!!! Nice to see that the way I've always done it is also the Frank-approved method :-D

@APBCTechnique 4 ай бұрын

Thanks. I’m cooking a whole chicken now and learning your technique. Thanks again ❤

@jamilafever8110 2 жыл бұрын

I learned nothing but either way it was nice go watch Frank do it!!

@ryuukakhadijah7766 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! ❤️ I love the little infos!

@marcuscoffey9535 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing! I did this tonight

@Rubbafingaz1 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. New Subscriber from England.

@ashleymarie7452 Жыл бұрын

Excellent. Thanks!

@angelaguisbert1773 2 жыл бұрын

I love you Frank!

@reesemorgan2259 7 ай бұрын

Very helpful. Thank you!

@pvt_plebe_6475 9 ай бұрын

Thank this gentleman on my behalf

@ceknott Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much brilliant lesson

@papafrank1301 Жыл бұрын

insane how much this helped me

@Kasey113 2 жыл бұрын

....I am sooo very tempted to carve my next turkey like this! 😁😁

@maxximumb 2 жыл бұрын

Great camera / editing work guys. Each time he makes a cut, you cut away mid slice to a different view. The end result is we didn't get to see what he was doing. Why bother make the video when you don't show the process we wanted to see?

@Oberky 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I was just thinking this as well. Like, if you were going to show both angles, that's great. But only showing half of each is disorienting as all heck.

@timchamberlain5858 2 жыл бұрын

I'm with you here, the edits of this video were kind of awful. Instructional videos are not the time to be artsy with the camera angles and edits. I would have rather seen the complete cut from each angle than half the cut from one angle and the other half from another angle.

@cosmiccon165hz6 9 ай бұрын

Skill issue

@hemspear 2 жыл бұрын

I love to use up the leftover scraps in a chicken pasta another night! 🍲

@aross924 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. It was super easy. Ty

@bryonboyd6587 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@2adamast 2 жыл бұрын

Nicely done. The nice long slices 5:00 were followed by sawing, I think it’s not easy to cut low , close to the cutting board with a straight knife

@jesshagemeijer5283 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@srome0711 2 жыл бұрын

I needed this

@avagrego3195 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@schang4458 2 жыл бұрын

Makes me want to pick up a massive amount of rotisserie to practice, plate, and of course eat.

@SageKyle 2 жыл бұрын

Same tbh.

@poppy6635 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for this guide, I’ll be serving roast chicken at an upcoming party ❤

@willtomasetti2036 Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate!

@itskindofemily 2 жыл бұрын

My dinner tonight is literally roast chicken which is currently in the oven, this is so helpful

@mikeknight42 2 жыл бұрын

To him this is probably simple. I mean great teacher.

@praveenX Жыл бұрын

Awesome 👏

@georginashanti4605 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you a great instructional video. Will be re-watching the knife block sharpening one next. Awesome.

@testbenchdude 2 жыл бұрын

This is great. It's exactly what I do, except I like not trussing to give the wings and legs crispier skin, and I only use a chef's knife. I also like to separate (aka: break apart) the carcass prior to making stock with it. Might not matter much but it's what I've always done. But yeah, what a great guide for the poultry novice. Ever since I learned from my mom that you can make stock from the leftover bones, it's like a magic trick. On one hand, you get to have a delicious, roast chicken dinner (and leftovers!), but wait, there's more! I usually get about 5 quarts of stock out of a 6lb roaster. One quart goes right in the fridge and the rest go in the freezer. So simple, yet so wholesome and satisfying. Thanks Chef!

@synocrat601 2 жыл бұрын

Samin Nosrat has entered the chat and would like to show Frank how to roast a chicken so it looks appetizing

@Berkana 2 жыл бұрын

Chef Frank, is there some way to remove the leg and thigh while keeping the "oyster" on the leg and thigh? How would one retain as much meat as possible and keep it from being stuck to the pelvis of the chicken?

@EbrahimJalali-od7if 9 ай бұрын

Thanks

@shaddowbladegaming5655 2 жыл бұрын

When I was younger I would eat a whole rotisserie chicken once a month and my grandmother would use the bones to make chicken stock

@tectorgorch8698 2 жыл бұрын

This is great content.

@jshome9295 2 жыл бұрын

Good job

@chuckkerber4735 Жыл бұрын

great video!

@nottabananataco7330 2 жыл бұрын

MORE FRANK!

@Sumsayy Жыл бұрын

thanks for this i used to rip the chicken to peices like a caveman not understanding the importance of resting meats and it makes a huge difference, thanks to you frank i can carve chicken like a pro :D

@iceeeyy3557 2 жыл бұрын

Yes chef!

@drjsmajor 8 ай бұрын

Great video. One thing to point out is that he says "nice long slices" but then proceeds to make little sawing motion slices.

@TopOyster Жыл бұрын

Now i can fully utilize my costco rotisserie

@eljen18 2 жыл бұрын

This is cool! Now I want some roasted chicken 🤤

@furiousgigan7884 2 жыл бұрын

Everyone loves Frank. And so do I-

@noledge18720 2 жыл бұрын

More of a fan of the spatchcock instead of the truss. Seems to cook more even.

@davidbarnett8617 2 жыл бұрын

Plus, you like saying spatchcock.

@douglaspinsak1246 Жыл бұрын

Costco, here I come!

@balbinapasunting2209 2 жыл бұрын

Wow amazing cook chicken

@raincyrax1285 2 жыл бұрын

Says to use long carving knife to effectively slice through the meat preventing the meat to tear apart, then just starting to use only a small portion of the knife and saw it anyway

@FriendsFamilyKitchen 2 жыл бұрын

Mmmhhhh looks so delicious and mouthwatering looking so tempting. so delicious, flavourful, and nicely explained. 🤝Big like stay connected my dear friend. 🤝

@bongo2044 2 жыл бұрын

Broski goes like: imma take a long Knife so I don't need to saw -> proceeds to saw. Love that guy

@kcook561 4 ай бұрын

Wow Dude Your Wife is Definitely Blessed 🤍

@irian42 2 жыл бұрын

I usually cut so that a good bit of breast stays connected to the wing for more even portions.

@geniegogo Жыл бұрын

I just watched two other videos how to take apart a chicken, one did it with his bare hands and it was amazing, very informative and he showed exactly what to do. The other video used a knife conventionally and he was second best. This one is probably not even top ten, let me go find seven other videos...

@jjson775 2 жыл бұрын

great video

@cyrilledenuyo3424 2 жыл бұрын

I’m crushing on Frank big time 🤤

@spaceghost65 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I'll do the "keel" cuts next bird. I sometimes try to pull that meat away from that breast bone and sneak the knife up against it and the breast meat but this technique makes more sense and looks tidier. Thank you again.

@oraisteunyu 2 жыл бұрын

mr frank : i got salty piece awesome me : wholesome ! ^^

@antediluv Жыл бұрын

Hey Frank, great video! I know this is a carving video , and I'm curious what your thoughts are on basting the bird...

@Pietjepukmuk 2 жыл бұрын

Isn't it cold after resting and carving?

@maxximumb 2 жыл бұрын

It does lose some heat, but you can plate on to a hot plate to give some heat back and also add gravy.

@MrPoohdude 2 жыл бұрын

I like the chef

@malekstudios6310 2 жыл бұрын

I've never felt so hungry in a youtube video!

@SRPDunn 2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, letting the chicken rest 20 minutes is everything. Thanks Frank.

@labinot1363 2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Who doesn't like cold chicken? Seriously, who's waiting that long? I want my chicken warm. If I want something cold, I eat ice cream.

@sephyowns 4 ай бұрын

@@labinot1363 if you cook it correctly, it will be warm for much longer than 20 minutes. unless your AC is set to 60 degrees or something

@swingin871 2 жыл бұрын

I usually just dig right in for poultry I always rest my steaks though. But when resting you leave covered or uncovered and in a heated place or just room temperature?