breast meat

Order breast meat, and find it uniformly, almost uncannily tender; the dark meat is a study in succulence, with richness provided by more variation in texture.

The BBQ, breast meat only, gets Chinese five-spice blow-torched onto the skin, which is exciting to watch if you’re seated at the open kitchen’s counter.

Skinless chicken and turkey breast meat — aka white meat — sold whole or as cutlets or fillets, are the leanest poultry choices.

Chicken breast meat has 31 grams of protein per 3.5-ounce portion, while thigh meat has 24 grams.

The worst of the three turkeys, the breast meat was flavorless and jerky-like, so dry and hard to take down.