What is the best way to debone a turkey?
user
Deboning a turkey is often easier than you’d expect, it just takes a bit of finesse and concentration.
assistant
What exactly does that mean?
user
Deboning the turkey usually involves removing the dark meat, which is the meat underneath the skin.  The dark meat is essentially made up of bundles of thin, spaghetti-like strips, that you have to separate and untangle in order to be able to remove the bones from the turkey.
assistant
What do you do after that?
user
After you remove the bones, you have to remove the fat surrounding the thin strips.  This is the only time that you have to use a knife to cut away the tissue.  You then need to rearrange the dark meat to make it into a breast shape.
assistant
Okay, got it. How do you rearrange the dark meat?
user
Since the dark meat is just bundles of thin spaghetti-like strips, it’s really easy to reorganize it into a breast shape.  It’s easiest to take the bones and arrange them in the middle of the dark meat so that it forms an indentation around the bones, like a ring.  Then, using a meat fork or skewer, you can use it to hold the turkey and gently shake it until the dark meat folds and tucks over the bones into the shape of a breast.
assistant
What is the best way to debone a turkey?
user
Deboning a turkey is often easier than you’d expect, it just takes a bit of finesse and concentration.
assistant
What exactly does that mean?
user
Deboning the turkey usually involves removing the dark meat, which is the meat underneath the skin.  The dark meat is essentially made up of bundles of thin, spaghetti-like strips, that you have to separate and untangle in order to be able to remove the bones from the turkey.
assistant
What do you do after that?
user
After you remove the bones, you have to remove the fat surrounding the thin strips.  This is the only time that you have to use a knife to cut away the tissue.  You then need to rearrange the dark meat to make it into a breast shape.
assistant
Okay, got it. How do you rearrange the dark meat?
user
To form a breast shape, you sort of need to give the dark meat a bit of a “shaping” with your hands, to form the “breast” itself, and to create a space in the middle for the stuffing.
assistant
What is the best way to debone a turkey?