How Much Could I Get For £15 at Butchers?

andrewmp

Roxy07 wrote: »

How much are roughly butchers chicken breast fillets or is it better value to by a whole chicken?

In bulk you should be able to get a kilo of chicken breast fillets for £4-5.

Roxy07

andrewmp wrote: »

In bulk you should be able to get a kilo of chicken breast fillets for £4-5.

That's almost the same price as Asda's Frozen one's pumped with water.. are you sure about that?

meg72

HappyMJ wrote: »

Depends on your butcher...mince beef is pretty cheap. Do you prefer standard (very cheap) or extra lean mince (more expensive)? Chicken breast is quite expensive. Do you prefer free range chicken (very expensive) or barn raised chicken (cheaper version)? Do you prefer standard grain fed chicken (cheaper) or corn fed chicken (more expensive)? Pies are expensive. You should only get them as a luxury item.

Personally my local butcher does 5lb of standard beef mince for £5 and does 3 whole barn raised chickens for £10.

Wish I had your butcher

rabidbun

Mine gives the following that I can remember:

6 drumsticks for £1.50 (varies from FR to corn fed)
Chicken supremes £2.50
Corn fed chickens £5
Tray of beef mince (A5 paper size) for around £5 to £6
Chicken legs are a good buy if you are happy to use thigh meat rather than breast and they joint easily (or the butcher will)

UnluckyT

can be quite reasonable depending on how much your butcher.
depends what you buy and what the butcher you go to does offer wise. and is well worth seeing if their are any markets about.
the butcher i go to isnt too badly priced. i got about a kilogram of mince beef for just under £7 which i made into 10 portions of spag bol to be defrosted and added to pasta. or could be added into lasagna or even add more gravy and mash on top.
the butcher i go to does packs of stuff,trays at 1.99 each or 3 for £5 on drumsticks, thighs, 3 sausages in a pack, steak, chicken breast, pork belly slices, 4 koftas in a pack (spicyish lamb burger) and so on. some coated in spices, some not. the chicken breasts are quite big and could get 2 to 4 portions, about 2 portions from beef steak pack.
i find myself it well worth going in and asking/seeing what they got and working out what best for you. esp bulk buying/cooking enough for several meals.

voucher

You'll get 5/1 on one person
mince beef 10/1
chicken breast 7/1
fillets 2/1
pies etc, non runner

thats 3.75 per horse not bad odds really

andrewmp

Roxy07 wrote: »

That's almost the same price as Asda's Frozen one's pumped with water.. are you sure about that?

Yeah, local butcher does 10KG for £40 - it's good stuff!

hazzagrazza

I can get the below for £15 from my local butchers. He does different meat each week, but always the same deal - 3 for £5, 2 for £5. I was dubious at first because it's so cheap compared to supermarkets, however he has 5 star rating on the food standards website and he has been going for 50 years.

3 for £5
6 plain / chinese / italian chicken drumsticks
4 minted lamb burgers
8 pork and apple sausages
(other options include 500g beef mince, 4 chicken thighs, beef burgers)

2 for £5
2 chicken breast fillets
4 pork loin chops
(other options include diced beef / pork, stewing beef, 750g beef mince, 4 lamb cutlets)

Joint of meat or large chicken (1.2kg) - £5