There are hidden treasures that no one talks about,
but Costco most certainly isn't one of them. The members-only wholesale retail
juggernaut carries items that have actual cult followings, and Costco fans are often
freaking out about new products in the Costco-centric corners of social media.
"Oh I love this place. I'd love to get lost in here. Wouldn't it be something?"
And all of that's before the fresh-cooked food even comes into play.
Fast-food chains are often simple enough to condense into one key product, like McDonalds'
Big Mac or Burger King's Whopper. This is usually far more difficult with big-box retail stores,
which carry thousands upon thousands of products, and serve customers from all
walks of life with radically differing tastes. Not so with Costco. Their unbelievably delicious
$4.99 Rotisserie Chicken is the stuff of legends, and as Winsight Grocery Business notes,
the company sold an astounding 101 million of these tasty poultry treats in 2020 alone.
Seeing as Costco has clearly optimized their signature chicken dish in every possible way,
it's almost impossible to imagine how one could improve it.
Well, the chicken itself is tasty as it is,
but you can always optimize your ability to get it from the spit to your plate as quickly as
possible. Let's take a look at the handy hack that allows you to cut your Costco chicken quickly.
Any devoted fan of chicken dishes is probably familiar with the wishbone, the Y-shaped thing
where the neck turns to breast. It's famously handy for making wishes, especially if one of
your wishes happens to be the ability to carve a Costco rotisserie chicken as quickly as possible.
The trick to cutting Costco rotisserie chicken — or any rotisserie chicken,
really — comes courtesy of comfort food specialist Rachael Ray;
her Rachael Ray magazine has posted a handy hack for turning the rotisserie chicken from a complete
bird to a plate full of deliciousness in no time. The trick here is simply
to locate the wishbone, use a knife to make a tiny cut behind it, and remove it.
So why should you take the extra step to manhandle a perfectly good wishbone? Turns out,
it's the only thing that prevents you from removing the entirety of the breast meat in one
succulent piece. Once the wishbone is out, you can stick your finger under the breast
meat and remove the entire breast in one chunk, according to the magazine.
"That's rotisserie heaven."
Now, let's say that you want to carve your delicious Costco rotisserie chicken at the
dinner table, and feel that unexpected rummaging around the bird's innards to remove a tiny bone
might cause comment. In that case, you might feel inclined to use the classic
guide to carving chicken, which might cause slightly more waste, but still does the job.
"Cut it and carve it the way you would a Thanksgiving turkey."
It all starts with pulling the leg, and making a cut between it and the rest of the bird.
After that, pull the two apart enough to make another cut that separates them.
Then after the legs are done, remove the breasts separately
by cutting along the breast bone — this is where the wishbone trick would help.
Costco rotisserie chicken is delicious, and with its cheap price and sheer tastiness,
no one's going to blame you if you want to feast on the stuff by eating it with your
bare hands as soon as you can rip that plastic shell off. However, when push comes to shove,
it's always worth having a couple of handy carving tips in your back pocket,
since the technique is basically the same for everything from rotisserie chicken to turkey.
"I'm trying to get an angle. Did you spot weld this, mom?"
For the uninitiated, stripping a Costco rotisserie chicken from the whole thing
to piles of delicious, ready-to-eat meat can seem super difficult — but if you take
a moment to learn the basics, you'll figure it out in no time. And if you
go just a little bit beyond by removing the wishbone, what once seemed like an arduous
task soon turns out to be a shockingly simple one. And that's not just wishful thinking.
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