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Poultry - Meat Cuts Manual

PDF - bilingual (3635 kb)


Table of Contents

Diagram of Meat Cuts
Skeletal Diagram
Meat Cut Nomenclature and Description

  1. Poultry
  2. Dressed Poultry Carcass
    • 2.1 Poultry Half
      • 2.1.1 Front Quarter
      • 2.1.2 Hind Quarter
    • 2.2 Wing
      • 2.2.1 Wing Drumette
      • 2.2.2 Winglet
    • 2.3 Leg
      • 2.3.1 Thigh
      • 2.3.2 Drumstick
    • 2.4 Breast
      • 2.4.1 Half Breast
      • 2.4.2 Wishbone
      • 2.4.3 Trimmed Breast
        • 2.4.3.1 Half Trimmed Breast
      • 2.4.4 Breast Fillet
    • 2.5 Whole Back
      • 2.5.1 Back
        • 2.5.1.1 Stripped Back
      • 2.5.2 Neck
  3. Poultry Giblets

Variety Meats
List of Meat Cut Modifiers