light meat
Chicken or turkey
Light meat refers to the paler, leaner portions of poultry, primarily the breast and wings, as distinguished from the darker leg and thigh meat.
The color difference comes from muscle composition—light meat has less myoglobin, the protein that darkens with use.
Light meat is generally drier and milder in flavor than dark meat.
Do you prefer light meat or dark meat?
The term also appears as a dated racial euphemism for white people, now considered offensive.
- turkeyWattled North American fowl
- turkey breastLean poultry meat section
- breastUpper front torso
- chickenDomestic fowl for eating
- halibutLarge edible flatfish
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