Chicken Products
There are an unlimited number of chicken products available, consisting of fresh, frozen, uncooked, fully cooked, and many heat-n-serve products. Many products are available unbreaded, breaded, seasoned, or marinated. Some products are made from formed chicken, which consists of chopped chicken pieces that are pressed and formed into specific shapes and used for products such as nuggets, patties, fillets, and tenders. Listed below are some of the many chicken products that are available.
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Whole Chickens
Available fresh, frozen, bone-in, boneless, uncooked, fully cooked, and seasoned. | |
| Chicken Parts |
Parts available are drumsticks, thighs, wings, and breasts. They are also available as legs (drumstick and thigh attached), leg quarters, breast quarters, breast halves, and poultry halves. Wingettes and drummettes are available from the wing. The chicken parts are available uncooked, fresh and frozen. Various parts are also available boneless, fully cooked or seasoned. |
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Chicken Breasts
   
One of the most popular chicken parts available, the chicken breast, can be purchased in many different forms. They are available fresh and frozen in various cuts, such as whole breasts, breast quarters and breast halves. They can be found bone-in, boneless, skin-on, skinless, uncooked, fully cooked, breaded, and unbreaded. They are available seasoned with flavors such as lemon pepper, BBQ Mesquite and Italian. Chicken breasts are also used to make other chicken products. |
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Fully cooked, breaded chicken surrounds that contain ingredients stuffed in the center. They are available with stuffing such as broccoli and cheese, seasoned butter and chives (known as chicken Kiev), and Swiss cheese and ham (known as Cordon Bleaus). |
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Chicken Wings
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Chicken wings, another very popular chicken product, are available in many forms. They can be found uncooked, fully cooked, breaded, and unbreaded. They are available marinated, barbecued or glazed, and seasoned with spicy and rotisserie flavorings. Buffalo wings are chicken wings served as a popular finger food which are generally available in varying degrees of hotness, from mild to fiery hot and in various flavors, such as BBQ, honey BBQ, Mexican BBQ, honey Dijon, oriental, and teriyaki. Wingettes and drummettes are also available from the wing. |
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Chicken Cutlets
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Cutlets are boneless chicken breasts or legs that have been pounded to tenderize and to provide a piece of meat that is more uniform in thickness, allowing the meat to cook more evenly. Cutlets are generally boneless and skinless, and are available breaded, unbreaded, uncooked, fully cooked, and seasoned with various flavors. |
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Chicken Thighs
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Thighs are available fresh, frozen, bone-in, boneless, skin-on, skinless, uncooked, fully cooked, breaded, and unbreaded. They can also be found seasoned and marinated. |
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Drumstick
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The drumstick is the bottom portion of the leg below the knee joint and consists of all dark meat. Drumsticks can be found fresh or frozen and are generally available with the skins on. |
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Chicken Fillets
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Fillets of meat sliced from the chicken breast, which are available uncooked, fully cooked, breaded, unbreaded, and seasoned with flavors, such as BBQ mesquite, lemon pepper and Italian. |
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Chicken Breast Strips
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Chicken breast cut into strips, which are available uncooked, fully cooked, breaded, unbreaded, and seasoned with flavors, such as barbecue, garlic and herb, teriyaki, grilled, Southwestern, and fajita. Strips are found cut in various widths. |
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Chicken Tenders
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Tenders are full pieces or chunks of chicken tenderloins, which are available uncooked, fully cooked, breaded, unbreaded, and seasoned with flavors, such as barbecue, buffalo, and sweet-and-sour. |
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Giblets
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The giblets consists of the neck, liver, heart, and gizzard. |
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Diced Chicken
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Skinless and boneless chicken diced up into pieces. Diced chicken is available fresh, frozen, uncooked, and fully cooked. |
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Ground Chicken
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Ground chicken consists of ground white meat or a combination of white and dark. It is available in bulk form or formed into unbreaded chicken patties and chicken balls. |
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Shredded Chicken
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Shredded chicken is fully cooked chicken with the skin removed. It is pulled off the bones and then pulled into shreds. Shredded chicken, generally found frozen, is available in white meat only or a combination of white and dark. It is also available marinated and in various flavors. Also referred to as pulled chicken. |
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Chicken Patties
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Round patties of chicken, which are generally available fully cooked and breaded. The meat in some varieties is made from chunks of meat pressed together to form the patty and in other varieties the meat is ground and mixed with other ingredients to form the patties. |
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Chicken Nuggets
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Chunks of breaded chicken breasts, which are generally fully cooked, available frozen and unfrozen. They are also available seasoned in various flavors. |
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Formed Chicken
Formed chicken consists of chopped chicken pieces, which are pressed together to form a particular shape. The chicken is fully cooked and breaded. Formed chicken is used to make nuggets, patties, fillets, and tenders. |
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Chicken Hot Dogs (Frankfurters)
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Hot dogs processed from the combination of white and dark chicken meat. They are lower in fat than pork or beef hot dogs. |
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Chicken Bologna and Salami
Chicken Salami
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Mechanically deboned chicken, which is seasoned, cured and shaped. It is sliced and served as luncheon meat. |
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Chicken Sausage
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Sausages made with chicken meat. They are available in a variety of types and sizes. Some sausages are stuffed into casings and are seasoned with flavors such as garlic, tomato, basil, and Italian seasonings. Others are formed into breakfast sausages without a casing. |
| Deli Chicken Roast |
Chicken breast roll consisting of meaty-grained chicken breast that's cured, seasoned and then packed into rolls and gently cooked by oven roasting, poaching or steaming. Also available smoked. The deli chicken roast is generally sliced thin and used on sandwiches. |
| Chicken Ham |
A product produced from chicken meat, which is cured and smoked. The size and shape will depend on how it is processed. Chicken ham is a low-fat alternative to pork ham. It can be sliced thick or thin, and served hot or cold. |
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Canned Chicken Products
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Chicken meat can be purchased canned and is available as all white meat or all dark meat. The canned chicken is convenient for use in salads, sandwiches, and casseroles. Other canned products containing chicken include soups and stews. |
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Chicken Pot Pie
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A baked chicken dish that has a bottom and top pastry crust which contains pieces of chicken, chunks of potatoes, other vegetables and a creamy sauce. Chicken pot pies are sold as a frozen product in most food stores, generally in a single serving size. |
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Chicken Bouillon
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Chicken bouillon is available in powder, crystal, or cube form. Bouillon is used as a flavoring agent for foods such as soup, stew, sauce, and gravy. It is also available with or without salt added. | |
