I need cheap chicken breast!!

margaretclare

simond224 wrote: »

ahh kool thanks alot, someone said to try a halal butchers... im gunna go find 1 now !

Don't you mind how these creatures are killed?

margaretclare

Well, we sometimes like to get a cooked chicken. We used to get one from Tesco, but then we tried a corn-fed one from Waitrose. The difference in taste is amazing. We paid £4.90 for a whole cooked chicken and that made a total of 4 meals, 2 meals for the 2 of us. And it tasted of chicken. We've had some chicken at different times that basically tasted of nothing much.

I have no idea how that compares with just breast meat or how much cheaper we could have got it. We ate every scrap so that was good value for us. And I would never knowingly eat anything that had been killed by the halal method, nor kosher either for that matter.

DonnaKebab

lucymelissa wrote: »

Aldi do a bag of frozen chicken breasts varying in size with approx 6-8 chicken breasts in it, Think it's around £3/£4. Very nice quality, me and my partner buy them regularly.

Yes, last time I checked prices, Aldi's frozen chicken breast was £3.99 for 700g no water, works out at £5.70 per kg.

The Iceland frozen, diced chicken breast £2.50 for £480g, allowing for 2% water work, works out at £5.31 per kg. The benefit of this one is you just defrost it (in microwave or over night in fridge ) and eat it.

If you have a Heron frozen food store, they do frozen 1kg no water, for £5.50 per kg.

* With frozen chicken, remember to always allow for the water content when pricing up. *

Sharon87

Asda Smartprice chicken breasts are good value £4.50 or thereabout per kilo (or 900 and something grams, can't remember now). It does have some water in, but frozen chicken needs to have some water in or it'll go dry.

Also make sure you always check out the reduced section of your supermarket in the evenings, I've got loads of chicken breasts reduced from there before.

terra_ferma

Edwardia wrote: »

I buy thighs they seem to have more flavour so probably more fat.

I've had to stop using them in stews because there was a lot of fat, breasts are much leaner.

Edwardia

terra_ferma wrote: »

I've had to stop using them in stews because there was a lot of fat, breasts are much leaner.

If you prefer less fat then that's fine, but if you think fat = clogged arteries the research that supports this has been found to be flawed.

Ancel Keys was an American scientist who was the driving force behinf a study called the Seven Countries Study. He and his wife and others collected data on cardiovascular disease and diet from 22 countries, but he only selected 7 of them for the study.

The work was done without the kind of computing power we have now.

Regression studies weren't done ie if you say 2 + 3 = 5 you also have to prove that 3 + 2 = 5 Another thing Ancel did was assume and you know the saying assuming makes an !!! out of you and me.. He said that if you did Steps 1 -5 that ended up with the result of lowering cholesterol, you would get the same result by only doing Step 2 which isn't necessarily true.

We've been brainwashed into thinking that low fat = better which means that our carbohydrate consumption increased. So while heart disease has gone down somewhat, massive increase in carbs = diabetes epidemic.

Bottom line, if you overdo anything, you're heading for problems.

Trying to eat a balanced diet with some of each in moderate quantities is probably best. BUT it's far easier said than done and especially if you don't have much money. Supermarkets seem all too willing to discount crisps but not fruit and veg.

Hopefully the Change4Life campaign will change their attitude !

terra_ferma

Edwardia wrote: »

If you prefer less fat then that's fine, but if you think fat = clogged arteries the research that supports this has been found to be flawed.

Ancel Keys was an American scientist who was the driving force behinf a study called the Seven Countries Study. He and his wife and others collected data on cardiovascular disease and diet from 22 countries, but he only selected 7 of them for the study.

The work was done without the kind of computing power we have now.

Regression studies weren't done ie if you say 2 + 3 = 5 you also have to prove that 3 + 2 = 5 Another thing Ancel did was assume and you know the saying assuming makes an !!! out of you and me.. He said that if you did Steps 1 -5 that ended up with the result of lowering cholesterol, you would get the same result by only doing Step 2 which isn't necessarily true.

We've been brainwashed into thinking that low fat = better which means that our carbohydrate consumption increased. So while heart disease has gone down somewhat, massive increase in carbs = diabetes epidemic.

Bottom line, if you overdo anything, you're heading for problems.

Trying to eat a balanced diet with some of each in moderate quantities is probably best. BUT it's far easier said than done and especially if you don't have much money. Supermarkets seem all too willing to discount crisps but not fruit and veg.

Hopefully the Change4Life campaign will change their attitude !

Are you posting in the right thread?
Someone is after chicken breasts, someone else mentioned chicken thighs as a cheaper substitute, another poster said they are lean, and I'm saying that they are actually fatty but nothing else.
If you feel the need to lecture people about healthy eating at least don't use irrelevant threads and in particular my posts to do that. If you posted the information without sounding patronising, giving everyone a telling off, you may get further.

(before you carry on with your crusade, I'm responding to the tone of your post, not the content)

Ken68

Hi Simond...Surprised that liver isn't mentioned in your protein rich diet.
Have just bought some Sliced Pigs Liver from Tesco 58pence for .433g (£1.35p kg)
A staggering 21.3grams of protein per100g raw meat. Got to be up there with chicken breast and a lot lot cheaper.
p.s. have checked..high in cholesterol.

shellsuit

DonnaKebab wrote: »

Yes, last time I checked prices, Aldi's frozen chicken breast was £3.99 for 700g no water, works out at £5.70 per kg.

The Iceland frozen, diced chicken breast £2.50 for £480g, allowing for 2% water work, works out at £5.31 per kg. The benefit of this one is you just defrost it (in microwave or over night in fridge ) and eat it.

If you have a Heron frozen food store, they do frozen 1kg no water, for £5.50 per kg.

* With frozen chicken, remember to always allow for the water content when pricing up. *

I don't do that, I chuck it in the pan/wok etc, and cook it to go with whatever else we're having. 5 minutes and it's cooked and ready to eat and really tasty. I could eat a whoile bag of it in one go!

It's never ever dry either, which is a bonus.

Edwardia

terra_ferma wrote: »

Are you posting in the right thread?
Someone is after chicken breasts, someone else mentioned chicken thighs as a cheaper substitute, another poster said they are lean, and I'm saying that they are actually fatty but nothing else.
If you feel the need to lecture people about healthy eating at least don't use irrelevant threads and in particular my posts to do that. If you posted the information without sounding patronising, giving everyone a telling off, you may get further.

(before you carry on with your crusade, I'm responding to the tone of your post, not the content)

Yesterday was my FIRST day on MSE so I'm not totally au fait with the thread categories, the second purse concept, the abbreviations etc.

I certainly had no intention of coming across as patronising. If you think I was, it's in your head, frankly, not mine.

Until your post everyone on here had been friendly. I really don't feel like continuing to post now.