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Chicken Portions

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White muscle for short bursts, dark muscle built for standing all day. That single split explains why the breast dries out at the temperature the thigh needs, and why no bird should be cooked as one thing.

Chicken Portions TOOL-LIFES / MEAT ATLAS
BREASTBreast WINGWing THIGHThigh Drumstick Tenderloin Oyster
FIG. 3 — GALLUS DOMESTICUS / PORTION DIVISIONtool-lifes.com/meat

Cuts in this chart

→Breast→Wing→Thigh→Drumstick→Tenderloin→Oyster

Compare cuts

→Breast vs Tenderloin→Breast vs Thigh→Breast vs Wing→Wing vs Drumstick→Wing vs Thigh→Thigh vs Drumstick→Thigh vs Oyster→Drumstick vs Oyster→Wing vs Tenderloin→Thigh vs Tenderloin→Breast vs Oyster→Tenderloin vs Oyster

Tools for this meat

→Find a cut by cooking→Calories & protein→Butcher names→What should I buy?→Doneness by animal→Cut swaps

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