Shopping For Meat - Poultry

If turkey is on your menu, use this easy calculator to make the perfect meal. To ensure you have leftovers for turkey sandwiches, soup, casserole, pies (and the list goes on) simply double the portion sizes:

Turkey Calculator
Serving Size Amount (grams) Stuffing (cups)
Adult 450 0.75
Child 225 0.375

Choosing Chicken:

Confused about which chicken to choose? Here are some helpful definitions to take with you to the supermarket:

• Broiler-Fryer: A young, tender chicken weighing 1.4-2.3 Kg when sold whole. Most of the chicken you eat comes from broiler-fryers.

• Roaster: A 2.5-3.5 Kg chicken; best roasted whole and carved into servings.

• Cornish Game Hen: About 1 Kg; usually sold whole. Best roasted or grilled.

• Stewing Hen: An older hen weighing about 2.5 Kg. Best suited for moist cooking methods like braising and stewing.

• Capon: A neutered male chicken weighing 3.5-4.5 Kg; very meaty and tender.

Understanding Chicken Choices

Breast Halves / Split Breast

Available bone-in or boneless, and skin-on or skinless. White meat.

Cut-up-chicken

A whole broiler cut into pieces – 2 breast halves, 2 thighs, 2 drumsticks and 2 wings. Generally sold without giblets.

Drumstick

The lower portion of leg. Two usually make an adult serving.

Giblets

The edible heart, liver and gizzard

Ground Chicken

A low-fat, low-calorie substitute for hamburger. Made from coarsely ground thigh meat.

Halves or Splits

Broiler cut into 2 pieces of approximately equal weight. Ideal for outdoor grilling.

Leg

The whole leg with unseparated drumstick and thigh. All dark meat.

Quarters

Leg quarters and breast quarters are usually packaged separately. Leg quarter includes drumstick, thigh and back portion (all dark meat). Breast quarter includes the wing, breast and back portion (all white meat).

Thigh

Portion of leg above the knee joint. Favorite of dark meat lovers. Also available boneless and skinless.

Wing

Whole wing with 3 sections attached. All white meat.