What's an Airline Chicken Breast?

[Shel_B]

A couple of weeks ago a group of us went to a nearby café for dinner, and airline chicken breast appeared on the menu in a few dishes.  The server didn't know what they were, but maybe someone here does.  What's an airline chicken breast?  What, if anything, makes it worth special mention?

[gfweb]

Breast + drumette. Said to be more flavorful, I never saw the point.

[thayes1c]

Breast + drumette. Said to be more flavorful, I never saw the point.

So it's another term for supreme?

[JAZ]

So it's another term for supreme?

 

No, not really. As I understand, it's the breast half with the (bone-in) wing attached. One advantage it has is that the wing helps keep the skin attached, which is pretty much impossible with a plain boneless breast half.

[MikeHartnett]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline_chicken

[Anna N]

And here's how to get there:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Row4HHA5MAQ

[janeer]

This is the Statler chicken breast, sometimes just called a "hotel" breast

[Norm Matthews]

Hmm, the Wikipedia def. says the tenderloin is attached but the video shows him removing the tenderloin.  

[Robenco15]

Had an airline chicken breast at my wedding tasting last night. It was exactly as the video describes. Very good too.