in the south we clean and eat the whole bird.if you want to deep fry,skin,cleanout and cook.

I clean the bird to fry the breast and use the rest for dressing.

I hang the bird and skin it,lay on back.cut down the breast bone on each side and remove the breast.mash the legs vbown untill they pop.remove the leg and thigh.cut the wings off, pull the ribcage from the back.cut the back into two parts.cut the leg and thigh into two parts.

we slice and fry the breast.the rest we put into the crockpot with an onion and carrot.cook all night.the meat will fall off the bones.strain the bones out and save the meat and juice.
chopp the meat to a coarse cut.
cook you two cups of rice,(using 3 cups of the juice you saved)use the rice to make dressing.

rice dressing and fried breast, homemade biscuts and gravey with crannberry sascue.nothing better.