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How to carve a turkey

26/11/2009 18:23:00 admin

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By Jimmy Downs

How to carve a turkey should not be issue. You may cut any way you want, but just don't cut the turkey bones. Here are some tips on how to carve a turkey.

Get all the stuff you need including aluminum foil, turkeys, carving knives, curved meat forks, cutting boards, electric carving knives, and serving platters.
After you roast your turkey, let your bird covered with foil sit at room temperature for 20 minutes. This is necessary to make your carving a bit easier.
Use a sharp thin-bladed carving knife, locate the joint where the thighbones meet the body.
Slip your knife to separate the thigh from the body on both sides of the turkey body.
Use the same technique to separate the drumstick from the thigh. Make sure to cut the joint, not the bone on either side of the joint.
Run your knife along the bone to separate as much meat as possible from the thigh and drumstick.
Cut thigh and leg meat into small slices.
Likewise, use your knife to find the joint between the wing and the body.
Slip your knife into the joint and separate the wing from the body. Do the same thing to another wing.
Now cut thin slices off one side of the breast. And do the same thing to another side of the turkey breast.