MY SHANAH RISHONAH memories include chicken fights every Thursday. The prepackaged carcasses I bought to put in my soup were always stuck together. (Why did I never think of defrosting them?) The thighs were too boney, the skin kept falling off…but I kept at it. I hacked and sawed at those poor chicks every week until I figured it out.
When buying in bulk, whole chickens are generally less expensive than quartered. They’re usually available in bulk before Yom Tov, and you can often find kosher whole chickens in places like Costco too. Keep an eye out and take advantage of those sales, and you can end up saving a lot of money over the course of the year.
Chickens. They’re quite gross, and they’re annoying to cut and clean. But I promise you, as time goes on, you’ll get faster and faster at it. So slip on a pair of gloves, grab a sharp knife or a pair of scissors and a cutting board, and get chopping!
Cut down either side of the chicken neck along the spine until you reach the end of the neck and cut it off.
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