Transcript Carve Roasted Turkey

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Culinary Essentials
Carve Roasted Turkey
1
Place the cooked
turkey on a sanitary
surface and allow it to
stand for 20 minutes.
2
Pull the legs and thighs
away from the body
with a fork. Use a
boning knife to cut
through the joint.
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3
Separate the
thigh from the
leg and cut
through the joint.
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4
Slice the meat off
the thigh parallel
to the bone.
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5
Carve the bird
along one side of
its breastbone to
remove a breast.
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6
Cut the breast
meat into slices
at an angle across
the grain, or
direction of
muscle fibers,
of the flesh.
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7
The breast can
also be carved
without removing
it from the bird.
Make a horizontal
cut just above the
wing toward the
rib bones.
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8
Slice the breast
meat at an angle.
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