Hi all,
Has anyone worked out if its actually cheaper to buy meat with the bone in - More so chicken
I know i could buy a KG of chicken thighs and de bone them and weight the meat, but im sure some has done it.
Then again surely bone in meat would be cheaper as its less "processed"
Then the debate of chicken thighs with skin and bone vs chicken merrylands with skin and bone
Could almost work out you get free chicken legs that way.
Fair call but this is purely from a price point of view
boneless is cheaper cos the bone's weight is counted as weight when you buy the chicken.
Chicken bones don't weigh much though..
Also they're edible.
Im going to buy a KG of bone in chicken thigh, separate it and weight it.
Surely Boneless/skinless cant be cheaper
Normal Person: buys boneless chicken thighs from the local shop. Takes out of tray, cooks & eats.
OzBargain Person: buys discounted chicken thighs from a shop the other side of town which they got to for free thanks to an uberx promo. Watches a free udemy course on how to properly debone chicken thighs to minimise meat left on the bone on their Moto G phone (which is plugged into the cars charger socket thanks to a special Meritline deal on car charges to save their home electricity bill) connected with a vodafone sim loaded with a ridiculous amount of data thanks to a credit loophole from eons ago. All paid for with ING 5% Paywave of course. Ozbargainer comes home, turns on one of their many eneloop powered torches to provide barely sufficient lighting to de-bone the chicken in line with the udemy course. Makes claim to ombudsman on the bone to meat ratio isnt what the 14 year old working at the butcher shop quoted them and demands refund.
What is this credit loophole you talk about? :)
Electricity cost of $0.0001?
But yeah still true!
So true.
By this I saved $1000 and used this money to purchase Dick Smith gift cards when they gave 10% extra value https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/226624.
I'm very interested in this outcome as well, I also want to add if buying a whole chicken and cutting up the items up individually would be worth the effort to and also excluding the weight of bones. Gf likes breast meat whereas I'm happy with wings, legs and thighs so it could be economical.
It's all down to your skill at the task versus your time and what you could be doing instead of deboning. If you're good at it and enjoy it, or as someone I know that does it well just 'hates being 'ripped off'!' then do it, surely it must be cheaper to DIY, the bone must only be 5% of the whole weight.
I know people that break the unedible bits off foods so they don't pay for that weight. Sheesh. I'm sure they must tap the last few drops of fuel into the tank too.
I know people that break the unedible bits off foods so they don't pay for that weight. Sheesh. I'm sure they must tap the last few drops of fuel into the tank too.
im confused…. you say that like its possibly a bad thing? :S
Purchasing boneless meat is always more expensive. In addition the bone content provides extra flavour although a higher fat content too. Bones can always be made into a soup with added veggies etc. However NEVER feed cooked bones to your family pets.
different uses for the same cuts.
I buy the same meat in both with and without bones… all depends what am I making…
not only do you have to consider the cost difference in the chicken or meat, but you need to consider the cost in time it takes you to do it.
chicken thighs with bones for BBQ thighs without bones for stir fry.
i'm interested in the result haven't actually done the exercise to compare. but I think the difference would be negligible
if you use your hourly rate at which you get paid at work. the results could be very interesting.
I've always preferred the bone when cooking. Otherwise, I'm happy to bone drumsticks myself.
I mainly buy drumsticks, I can't stand breast pieces.
Dk if allowed to bump.
When you want a rich flavour in a curry or casserole buying on the bone is a MUST.
Even though I almost never eat breast because thigh has a stronger flavour in my view, it is most definitely cheaper to buy whole chickens and cut them up yourself.
When I do buy a whole chicken I usually would make a dry/semi dry rub, or baked chicken, which i can cut into with kitchen scissors (or a damn good cleaver/knife) after its cooked.
Having said that, I bought $5 per kilo chicken thighs bone in today (vs $10 boneless). That is a significant saving.
And how to debone a Chicken Leg - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWMMm1D4zYQ EASY! ;-)
It's cheaper to buy bone in.
Compare whole chickens to packages of breast fillets at $9/kg. There are 4 breasts in a $9/kg pack from Coles, $4.50 for two. The whole chicken can be bought for $5.50 and has 2 breasts on top of 2 thighs, which I think is ~$6-7 per kilo bone in separately.
But of course it depends on how much you value your time, and what you're cooking.
I'm quite happy to pay extra so I don't have to stuff around with bones, especially chicken