Are chicken wings considered dark meat?

Answer 1

Chicken wings, like the breast, are white meat. The difference between white meat and dark meat is attributable to the amount of myoglobin in the muscles. Myoglobin is stored in muscles that get exercise, because they need more oxygen. The more exercise a muscle gets, the higher the concentration of myoglobin. Since a modern domesticated chicken is basically flightless, the breast and wings get very little if any activity, so the muscles develop very little myoglobin. Where this really becomes evident is in flying fowl like ducks; the meat is more of a reddish color all over, which is why ducks are basically all dark meat.
Another meat where this is evident is veal, whose lack of color is due to the lack of exercise of the muscles.

Answer 2

Yes the wings are considerate dark meat. The chicken breast is the only part of the bird that is considerate white meat because has low or none fat content.

Answer 3

Easiest way to confirm the answers here is go to your local finger-lickin chicken joint and read the menu - dark meat --> legs and thighs; white meat -- breast and wings. You pay extra for them. Try to get away with paying less for chicken wings! All that said, even tho chicken wings are DEFINITELY no-question-about-it white meat, they remind me of dark meat because they are so moist, unlike the breast can tend to be.

Answer 4

no chicken wings are white meat. pork and beef are dark meats.

Answer 5

yes. the only white meat part of the chicken is the breasts.

Answer 6

Pay no attention to anyone that says no...those are the ones calling the gizzard white meat too.

Answer 7

What?...you never look at the meat when you eat it?
....you don't notice it's white meat?
...you need glasses....or stonger lenses

Answer 8

yes, dark is anything other than breast meat

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

I believe they are indeed.