Lesson 10 - Prepare Poultry and Game Dishes
Lesson 10 - Prepare Poultry and Game Dishes
Lesson 10 - Prepare Poultry and Game Dishes
1. Broiler or Fryer. A
broiler or fryer is
young chicken,
usually 9 to 12
weeks of age, of
either sex, is
tender-meat with
soft, pliable,
smooth textured
skin.
2. Rooster.
A rooster is usually 5
to 6 months of age.
3. Capon.
A capon is
a surgically
desexed
male
chicken
usually
under 8
months of
age.
4. Stag.
A stag is a male chicken,
usually under 10 months of
age, with coarse skin, with
somewhat toughened and
darkened flesh.
5. Hen or Stewing
Chicken. It is a
mature female
chicken which is
usually more than
10 months of
age. It can also
be a culled layer.
6. Cock - It is
a mature
male chicken
with coarse
skin,
toughened
and darkened
meat and
hardened
breastbone
tip.
7. Jumbo Broiler. This is a
large chicken about 4
kg. dressed weight which
are on sale especially
during the Christmas
holiday.
Other Poultry
1. Peking duck.
This is a
breed of
duck that
originated
from China
and is noted
for its tender
and flavorful
meat.
2. Duck or Itik
- is available
and popular
in many
towns of
Rizal as fried
itik.
3. Squab. This
is a young
immature
pigeon of
either sex
and has
extra tender
meat.
Market forms of poultry
Live poultry Live poultry should be healthy,
alert, and well-feathered. Avoid poultry which
have bruises, blisters and broken bones.
Whole poultry – Not alive but internal organs
not been removed.
Dressed poultry This is the most available
poultry form in the market. Dressed poultry
are actually slaughtered poultry with the head,
feet, blood, feathers and internal organs
removed. Good quality dressed poultry should
be free from slime, off-odors and discoloration
Drawn poultry These are dressed
poultry that have been chilled or frozen.
They are usually available in groceries.
Ready-to cook These are poultry parts
such as wings, breast, thighs, or
drumsticks which have been separately
packed in a single container and frozen
or chilled.
Assessment
Answer the following questions.
1.What is the difference between poultry and game
birds?
2.Define the following classes of poultry
1.Broiler
2.Cock
3.Stag
4.Squab
5.Capon
3.Describe
the following market forms of poultry and
game birds.
1.Live poultry
2.Whole Poultry
3.Dressed Poultry
4.Drawn Poultry
5.Ready to Cook Poultry
Selecting Good Quality Poultry
and Game
a. It has clear eyes.
b. A young chicken has fine and
soft feet. If it is old, the feet are
thick and scaly.
c. The bone at the tip of the breast
is soft in younger chicken and thick
in older one.
d. Small feathers indicate that the
chicken is young.
1. Live Poultry
These are slaughtered birds that have
been bled and de-feathered.
a. Their head, feet and viscera are
still intact.
b. They are clean, well fleshed.
c. They have moderate fat coverings.
d. They are free from pin feathers
and show no cuts, scars or missing
skin.
2. Whole Poultry.
These are slaughtered birds that have
been bled, defeathered, and the visceral
organs are removed.
a. The skin is smooth and yellow in
color
b. The breast is plump
c. The thighs are well-developed
d. It has no objectionable odor
e. It is heavy and the skin is not watery
3. Dressed Poultry.
4. Ready-to-Cook.
The
dressed
birds may
be cut up
and
marinated
or seasoned.
5. Poultry Parts.
Several pieces of a single poultry
part are usually packed in one
carton, wrapped and chilled or
frozen. The various poultry parts are
divided into any of the following:
a. dark meat – drumsticks, thighs,
wings, neck, backs, and rib cage
b. white meat – breasts
c. giblets – gizzard and heart
Nutritional
Value/Components of
Poultry and Game
poultry contains high quality proteins.
Chicken, the most consumed among the fowls,
has 22.6% protein, 76.3% water and traces of
fat, vitamins and minerals.
Poultry meat consists of dark and white
muscles. Dark muscles are those found in parts
of fowl’s body which are always used.
These are richer in fat, have more connective
tissues, and have higher riboflavin and
myoglobin content.
Variety meats refer to the meat of such
organs as the gizzard, heart, kidneys and liver.
Preparation of poultry for
cooking
Slaughter and bleeding
Scalding
Defeathering
Evisceration
Deboning
Different Cuts of
Poultry
Whole Chicken
Whole
Chickens are
marketed
either fresh or
frozen.
Halves
The bird is split
from front to back
through the backbone
and keel to produce
2 halves of
approximately equal
weight.
Breast Quarters
Halves may be
further cut into
which include the
wing. A breast
quarter, including
portions of the
back, is all white
meat.
Split Breast
A breast
quarter with the
wing remove
Split Breast
without Back d.
Split breast without back.
A breast quarter with wing and
back portion removed.
Boneless,
Skinless Breast
Split breast
that has been
skinned and
deboned.
8Piece Cut The whole bird is
cut into 2 breast halves
with ribs d. d. and back
portion, 2 wings, 2 thighs
with back portion and 2
drumsticks. The parts may
be packaged together and
labelled as whole cutup
chicken. These are usually
sold without giblets
Whole Chicken Wing -
The whole chicken
wing is an allwhite
meat portion
composed of three
sections; the
drumette, mid
section , and tip.
Wing Drummettes
The first section
between the
shoulder and the
elbow.
Wing Mid-section
with tip. The flat
Section with Tip
centersection
and the flipper
(wing tip).
Wing Midsection
The section
between the elbow
and the tip,
sometimes called
the wing flat or
midjoint.
Whole Chicken Leg The
whole chicken leg is
the drumstick
combination. The
whole leg differs thigh
from the leg quarter
and does not contain a
portion of the back.
Boneless, Skinless
Leg Whole
chicken leg with
skin and bone
removed.
Boneless, Skinless
Thigh Thigh
with skin and
bone removed.
Thigh The
thigh is the
portion of the
leg above
the knee joint
Drumsticks -
Drumsticks include
the lower portion
of the leg quarter
(the portion
between the knee
joint and the hock)
Giblets Includes
heart, liver ,
and neck .
PERFORMANCE TASK NO. 1
MAKE A SCRAPBOOK FOR DIFFERENT POULTRY CUTS
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