Removing a Bone from a Chicken Breast


Place the chicken on its back. Remove the skin from the breast. Remove by getting a firm hold at the thickest part of the breast, grasping the skin, and then pulling the skin away from the meat until all the skin has been removed. The chicken breast will be slippery, so to get a firm hold, use a paper towel when gripping the breast.

Run a sharp fillet knife down the top middle of the chicken between the meat and the bone plate to start cutting away the breast meat from the bone (either left or right breast) by running the knife as close to the bone as you can in a downward fashion. You will be exposing more and more fillet as you go. When you can, stick your hand down the breastplate and loosen the fillet fully away from the breastplate and it will tear away as you pull with more force until the breast comes off, or you make a final cut with your knife, and then you will have your first of two white fillets. Repeat the process with the second breast. Place the breasts on a clean surface to further clean them of sinew and fat.