Cheapest Supermarket Chicken Joint?

FusionFury

I assume it's Asda but happy to be proved wrong?

thanks :money:

sarah1972

Not sure what you mean by chicken joint? Do you mean a whole chicken?

I personally wouldn't buy the cheapest as its quality will show but I do appreciate that some people really don't have a choice

Have you tried my supermarket?

I would guess at Asda but I dont ever shop in Aldi or Lidl so I am sure someone can help as to whether they are cheaper.

Browntoa

Tesco at £2.24 , think it's called willow farm (but suspect farm means huge crammed warehouse)

maisie_cat

Browntoa wrote: »

Tesco at £2.24 , think it's called willow farm (but suspect farm means huge crammed warehouse)

I think it actually means a 2 sisters food group factory where there are questionable hygiene practices and stressed chicken slaughter. I remember the Guardian article when they sent an undercover journalist to work there.

maman

I agree that OP needs to make choices about the origin of the meat but I'd say thighs are the cheapest joint for cooking (not much meat on a wing!). I prefer thighs for casseroles, far more tasty.

Bacman

Unfurtunately a lot of chickens these days are "rubbery". I don't like rubbery chicken, it doesn't matter how you cook it it is still rubbery!


Exception to this I have found is the Butcher's Choice whole chickens from Asda; around £5 a bird (not rubbery chicken!); or the Butcher's Choice chicken breasts as those are plump and don't seem to be pumped full of water (which you see when you cook chicken). Those chicken breasts are about £10 a kilo but worth it. Butchers Choice are from their butchers counter, they use the black/brown trays and cover with clingfilm.

fatbelly

Browntoa wrote: »

Tesco at £2.24 , think it's called willow farm (but suspect farm means huge crammed warehouse)

1.4 kg chicken = £1.60 per kg

That does appear to be the cheapest

pakokelso93

Willow Farm = fictitious made up name = formerly Tesco Value.

fatbelly

fatbelly wrote: »

1.4 kg chicken = £1.60 per kg

That does appear to be the cheapest

I was in Lidl today and their deal is a 1.25kg chicken for £1.99 I think - that would be the same per kg. Not sure how much meat there would be on that but I always think potentially there's 3 meals to a chicken:

1. A roast dinner
2. A curry using the scrappy bits
3. A chicken broth by boiling the carcass.

newmover

maisie_cat wrote: »

I think it actually means a 2 sisters food group factory where there are questionable hygiene practices and stressed chicken slaughter. I remember the Guardian article when they sent an undercover journalist to work there.

as opposed to all the other slaughter houses where the chickens patiently wait in an orderly queue and have a cup of tea and a hob nob whilst they wait to have the stun probe forced down their throat before having their head cut off