Remove skin from thigh and drumstick.

Cut around both sides of thigh bone to separate meat from bone.

Slice thigh meat thinly.

carving a turkey: removing the leg

Remove the skin from the breast using a fork.

Slice down one side of the breastbone until your knife meets resistance near the base of the turkey.

Cut horizontally into the turkey near the base and remove the entire lobe of breast meat.

Carving a turkey: slicing thigh meat

Repeat on the other side of the breastbone.

Step 6: Slice the breast meat

Place the breast meat on a cutting surface.

Holding it with the carving fork, slice thinly across the grain.

Slicing turkey drumstick meat

Carving a turkey: removing skin from breast

Carving a turkey: removing lobes of breast meat

Carving a Turkey Breast