Typically refers to chicken breast, but can be used for other poultry. In cooking contexts, it is the lean white meat.
鶏の胸肉は脂肪が少なくてヘルシーです。
Chicken breast is low in fat and healthy.
この料理には胸肉を使ってください。
Please use breast meat for this dish.
chicken breast meat
Standard kanji spelling.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling, common in everyday writing.
Compound of 胸 (mune, 'chest, breast') and 肉 (niku, 'meat').