Dexter-Russell 01543 Sani-Safe 6" Flexible Boning Knife

To debone a chicken, first you must cut out the backbone. Slice the keel bone and then crack it open. You can then remove the keel bone and cut your chicken into halves. Separate the thighs and breasts, and remove the chicken legs. Take off the wing tips, and separate the wings and breasts. Then, remove the rib bones and score the chicken legs. Scrape meat from the leg bones using a knife and slice the meat to remove the bone completely. Score the thighs, scrape the meat from the bones, and remove those bones completely, too.