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Chicken legs are considered dark meat due to the activity done by the cicken. Chickens used their legst to do major activities such as running or walking, therefore muscles in their legs make the meat become dark meat.
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∙ 16y agoI know drumsticks are dark meat, but I'm not sure what else... I also now the breast and wings are white meat (so not dark).
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∙ 12y agoIt's dark meat. Dark meat is dark because it contains iron. It is a slow-twitch muscle that is aerobic (uses oxygen). White meat is a fast twitch-muscle. It uses ATP for energy.
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∙ 15y agoLegs and thighs
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∙ 13y agolegs and thighs
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What pieces of chicken are dark and what pieces are white?
Chicken legs (drumsticks, thighs) and backs are dark meat. Chicken breasts and wings are white meat.
What pieces of the chicken have dark meat?
the legs and the wings are dark, the breast is white meat
Is a chicken drumstick considered white or dark meat?
A chicken drunstick can be dark or white meat.
Is dark meat better than light meat when preparing chicken soup?
You can use either white or dark meat when preparing chicken soup. The dark meat has a little more flavor than the white meat.
How many calories in 2 oz chicken dark meat?
There are 64 calories in two ounces of roasted dark meat chicken.
What foods do you get from chickens?
eggs,white meat,and dark meat... chicken meat that is.
Why is the breast meat of a chicken white and the leg meat red?
Leg meat of a chicken is dark, not red. Red meat comes from cows.
Which meat on a free range chicken is the leanest dark meat or white meat?
white
What percentage of a whole chicken is dark meat and is it cheaper to buy a whole chicken and discard the dark or to buy bone-in chicken halves?
All but the breast of the chicken is dark meat. It may or may not be cheaper to buy only the breast, depending on individual store prices and quality of the meat, but it would save having to throw the dark meat out. If you only want white meat, you probably should purchase breasts.
Can we find white and dark mixed chicken meat in a piece of chicken?
yes.
How can a chicken drumstick be white or dark meat?
The term, "drumette" can mean one of two things. The first kind of drumette is a small piece of chicken containing a bone - this actually is the larger section of a chicken wing, with the outer tip section removed. This is considered to be white meat. The second kind of drumette is a shaped piece of formed chicken meat that has been removed from the bone. A processor uses molds to shape the chicken pieces into a bite-sized morsel, after which they are usually breaded and fried (or prepared for frying) and packaged. This kind of drumette can contain either white or dark meat or a combination. It might tell you on the package. So - to recap - if it has a bone in it, it is part of a chicken wing, and is white meat. If it is boneless, it can be white, dark, or a combination.
Is Cornish hen white meat?
The chickens hindquarters are usually the dark part and the chicken. The chickens wings, drumstick + the breat are the white meat.
