Tag: Chicken

If you don’t want to roast or grill a whole chicken at once, you need to cut it into individual parts before you cook it. Here are 7 steps for cutting a whole chicken into 8 pieces: 2 breast halves, 2 thighs, 2 drumsticks, and 2 wings. What are the 8 pieces of a chicken? […]

Beaks are hard and have no soft pouty lip area. Therefore, a chicken does not have lips. Do chickens have lips or beaks? Like other birds, chickens also do not have lips. Chickens, being part of the bird species, have beaks in place of lips that serve them better. Beaks are better suited for chickens […]

stomach. So there you have it — a chicken gizzard is basically the stomach of the chicken. It’s made of muscular walls that contract. The gizzard is aided by gritty, sand-like particles the chickens ingest as they peck that help to grind the food so that it may pass to the small intestine, where nutrients […]

If you stretch it out and look at the whole chicken wing you’ll see that it is made up of 3 parts: the drumette, the wingette, and the wing tip. Drumettes and wingettes are generally used in most chicken wings recipes. You can use all of one or a combination of the two depending on […]

Chickens have two nostrils that are located on their beak and develop their sense of smell while they are still in their egg. While they may not be the best sniffers in the animal kingdom, it is still a strong sense! Where are a chickens nostrils? Contrary to popular belief, chickens do have nostrils and […]

It plays an important role in digestion and metabolism, regulating the production, storage, and release of lipids, carbohydrates and proteins [1]. The liver produces a variety of proteins, including blood proteins, enzymes, hormones, clotting and immune factors. What are the functions of livers? The liver filters all of the blood in the body and breaks […]

If you’ve ever boiled or roasted a whole chicken, you’ll recognize the keel—it’s the flexible wedge of cartilage connecting a chicken’s breast muscles at the tip of the breastbone. Is keel a chicken breast? Chicken keel is the breast with a keel bone. keel is the center of a chicken breast. Rather than split the […]

Here are 7 steps for cutting a whole chicken into 8 pieces: 2 breast halves, 2 thighs, 2 drumsticks, and 2 wings. Lay the bird on its back. Wiggle a wing to determine where the joint attaches to the breast. To separate the wing from the breast, use a sharp knife to cut through the […]

Yes, chickens do have tongues and they play a role in the eating and digesting of their food. Can chickens stick their tongues out? To fit inside their beaks, and still leave enough room for eating and drinking, a chicken’s tongue needs to be small and not get in the way, which means that their […]

The leg of the chicken is similar to the human anatomy except that the hip bone is fused with the backbone. This provides a strong and rigid union in conjunction with powerful muscles. What body parts do chickens have? The basic external parts of a chicken include the comb, beak, wattles, ears, earlobes, eyes, eye […]

The comb is the “crest” on top of a rooster or hen’s head. As chickens begin to mature, their comb will grow larger and darken or brighten in color. How can you tell a male chicken from a female? The males have pointed feathers around the neck, back, and tail; in females these feathers have […]

A chicken is a bird. One of the features that differentiate it from most other birds is that it has a comb and two wattles. The comb is the red appendage on the top of the head, and the wattles are the two appendages under the chin. What are some unique parts of a chicken? […]

Ribs. There are seven pairs of ribs originating on the thoracic vertebrae and all but the first, second (and sometimes the seventh) do not reach the sternum, which is their other attachment point. The third to the sixth have two segments: Vertebral segment. What part of the chicken is chicken ribs? It’s a special cut […]

With a half chicken you have 4 pieces: 1 breast (white) – the most meat. 1 wing (white) – very little meat. 1 thigh (dark) – delicious juicy dark meat, good amount. What is half a chicken? Poultry Half: The chicken is split in half lengthwise through the breast and back, leaving fairly equal halves […]

The white meat sections are the breast and the wings from the front of the chicken, while the dark meat sections are the thighs and legs or “drumsticks” from the rear of the chicken. The breast is typically split into two pieces, and the back is usually discarded. What are the best pieces of fried […]

The pieces are battered and breaded in a large cylindrical drum that rotates, evenly coating all of the pieces in the desired spices and breading. The pieces are then fried in oil until the batter has set and the outside reaches the desired color. Finally, the nuggets are packaged, frozen and stored for shipping. How […]

This is what happens with the chickens raised to be meat for McDonald’s. Chicken barns are hardly cleaned, and the chickens are covered in feces for days, all while inhaling ammonia and other toxic fumes created by animal waste. Heart disease and overcrowding kill chickens even before they reach the slaughterhouse. Does McDonald’s use real […]

Fast Food Chicken Nuggets They’re easy to pop in your mouth, but they’re processed. There’s chicken meat in them, along with bones, blood vessels, nerves, connective tissue, fat, and skin. What are examples of processed meat? Some processed meats include: Ham. Sausage. Hot dogs. Pepperoni. Beef jerky. Deli meats, including roast beef and turkey. Is […]

There are several varieties of chicken balls depending on which country they originate from. The western version is more likened to chicken nuggets where pieces of chicken are coated with batter or breading and are either fried or baked. Is chicken balls actually chicken balls? The dish consists of small chunks of fried chicken breast […]

Last week, the company apologized after a customer found plastic fragments in an order of Chicken McNuggets, which were thought to have been produced at a Cargill factory in Thailand. McDonald’s pulled out nearly 1 million McNuggets from the factory in one day. What does McDonald’s put in their chicken nuggets? LISTED INGREDIENTS: Chicken McNuggets: […]