You can also cut up a whole chicken you have just cooked. If you have just cooked the chicken, let it cool for at least 10 minutes. The chicken continues to cook even after you have taken it out of the oven. Letting it ‘rest’ will allow it to cook fully. If you are cutting up a whole, cooked chicken, disregard the next two steps.
You can also use a carving fork to hold the chicken in place while you pull the leg away from the body.
You can also cut along the breastbone, again starting at the back of the bird. Cut through the wishbone when you get to it. Angle the knife and cut down towards the wing, running the knife along the wishbone. Make a cut between the breast and the wing. [4] X Research source Another option is to pop out the keel bone by bending the breast halves backwards. Remove the keel bone and cut the breast into halves through the wishbone.
If you want to keep the bone in the meat, split the bone with your knife and holding both sides, break the bone apart.
