Our Meat Cutting Guide

Onlinemeatshop Bespoke Cutting Service

We at onlinemeatshop are a traditional butcher and offer the same uniqueness of cuts on our website.

Our products are listed in a manner that customers can highlight how the meat should be cut for their needs and cooking styles.

We have designed particular cuts that will fit for 90% of your cooking needs at home or in a restaurant.

Whole Chicken Cuts:

Name Of Cut	Type of Cut	Uses of Cut
Whole	Whole (Skin ON Or OFF)	Customers looking to grill or roast having a whole chicken is perfect and keeping whole helps locks in all the juices.
2 Piece / Half	Cut in the Middle, to make 2 parts, (Skin ON Or OFF)	This similar to a butterfly cut, we perfectly butcher the chicken in to two pieces, ideal for live BBQ and roasting.
4 Pieces	Cut in quarters, 4 Parts – 2 x legs & 2 x Breast Pieces - (Skin ON Or OFF)	This cut is perfect for tandoori lovers and also a perfect cut for fried chicken. Our expert butchers will part the chicken in to 4 pieces.
8 Pieces / Joint Cut	Cut from the joint – No broken bone, Clean cuts (Skin ON Or OFF)	One of our top selling and most requested chicken cuts, perfect for cooking a lot of dishes. We like to call this our Biryani cut for Indian food lovers, also ideal for Chicken Tikka Masala
Medium Cut	Cut in 12 Pieces (Skin ON Or OFF)	This is our second most requested and loved chicken cut. Our butchers will professionally part the chicken in to 12 Pieces.
Curry Cut	Cut in 16 Pieces (Skin ON Or OFF)	As the name suggests, This cut is particularly made for curry fans, Indian curry or Thai this cut is amazing and easy to cook with. Our butchers will cut the chicken in to 16 equal parts
Very Small Cut	1cm x 1cm Cut (Skin ON Or OFF)	Perfect for South Indian and Sri Lankan dishes. Our expert butchers will part each chicken in to 1cm x 1cm cubes.

Chicken Skin?

We at onlinemeatshop.com asks our customers if they want the skin removed or kept on the chicken.

Beef, Mutton & Lamb Cuts:

Name Of Cut	Type of Cut	Uses of Cut
Whole	Whole – Fat On or OFF	Onlinemeatshop only offers whole cut in Lamb or Mutton for parted product, for example Mutton Leg, These are ideal for roasting or grilling. If you’re a fan of Arabic food please try whole cut to make Mandi dish.
Slices / Steaks	Slices / Steaks – 1cm+/- Thick Steaks Fat On or OFF	Onlinemeatshop only offers slices cut in Lamb or Mutton for parted products, for example Mutton Leg or Chops. Please note: use or extra notes section to specify how thick you want us to slice the item for you, we will always do a 0.6 to 1cm slice
Large Cut	3.5cm x 3.5cm cubes (45g-60g Per Piece) Fat On or OFF	Our large cut for Mutton, Lamb & Beef is 3.5cm x 3.5cm cube perfect for making meaty rice dishes or stews.
Medium Cut	2cm x 2cm Cubes (25g-40g Per Piece) Fat On or OFF	A perfect curry size cut, 2cm x 2cm. This is fast cooking and ideal for packing the extra flavours in your dish
Small Cut	1cm x 1cm cubes (10g-15g Per Piece) Fat On or OFF	Perfect for South Indian and Sri Lankan dishes. Our expert butchers will part each chicken in to 1cm x 1cm cubes. Also this ideal cut for pizza toppings or sandwich filling!

Would like the Fat ON or OFF?

We at onlinemeatshop.com asks our customers if they want the Fat removed or kept on the Meat your looking to buy.

Also we have designed the website to also allow customers to leave notes on each order, this will allow you as a customer give the butcher your specific cutting requirements or packing wants!

With warmth from

Onlinemeatshop.com