Affordable chicken?

[#8]

I went to costco and bought some frozen that seemed to be a decent deal. It wasnt kirkland brand, but it was the only frozen large container they had. I think it was 4kg or somewhere around there.

The chicken is decent, but heavily salted and shrinks dramatically when cooking. I cant even eat it without a glass of water on hand to deal with the saltyness.

Is there actually affordable chicken out there that isnt salted to shit? I remember trying maple lodge, and m&m's chicken only to throw it out it was so ****ing gross. where do you guys get your chicken in bulk?

[steve_d]

just wait til it goes on sale. 2.99 /lb for boneless skinless, or 1.99 for skinless bone-in. Stock up, buy a freezer. way better deal than what costco ever has. especially that frozen stuff which doesn't even cook like chicken, more like rubber.

If you live in quebec, maxi or loblaws often has it on sale. If in ontario, every month or two loblaws/superstore/metro. I just stocked up last week. Price chopper is 3$/lb this week boneless skinless.

[Memo]

you need boneless, skinless, unsalted fresh stuff... that frozen processed low quality salted to death chicken will give you high blood pressure.

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[BBbox]

All frozen packaged chicken will be like that.
You have to go to loblaws and buy the packs of chicken that are in the meat aisle that are on sale and then just freeze them yourself.
Also try buying whole chickens, roast one huge chicken and it can last you a couple days.

[O-Train]

The best prices I've gotten have been direct from a processing plant. Although right now as I type this the chickens at work are getting bigger and more delicious by the minute :).

I thought you could get meat from work?

[Ritch]

I bought that chicken once and it sucked. The chicken breasts they sell at costco are good, but price wise, nothing special. They retail at $14 a kilo which is more than what I pay at the grocery store. Regular price at the grocery store is about $12 a kilo. But the quality at costco is much better. But still I expect a much better deal being costco. I`m not even gonna renew my one time membership fee I think now that I can get better protein powder, less expensive from truesupplements.

[Knuckles28]

It's on sale almost every week here at Sobey's and Superstore, $2.99 lb i stock up every week.. Sobeys has had some great deals on sirloin medalions too :)
I perfer the breast with the bone in i just skin them.

The frozen seasoned breasts are garbage way to much sodium.

[bigtavi8]

I also tired the frozen walmart chicken. Way cheaper but bad bad quality, tasted like rubber, and made me gassy as hell. Since then and expecially for my prep i find in my area NO FRILLS has very good quality chicken. I still trim it just to make sure its close to free of fat but its very minimal. I get it usually for 11bucks a kilo. Get the club pak that they have by fives. So that would make it somewhere around 4.99 a lb. Not a great deal but i trust the quality and never had a bad box.

[Big_Papa_B]

All Frozen Chicken is "pumped" this means that they inject the breasts with a salt water solution before freezing to make the chicken weigh more...hence makeing the company more money...the downside to this is that once the chicken is defrosted all of the salt water comes out of the chicken breast leaving you with a dried out salty piece of chicken to eat!! just buy fresh chickens...and you wont have this problem...

[physique]

paid $1.99 a lb in pennsylvannia this past week. i had to blink twice as i couldnt believe the price.

here i just order my chicken thru my restaurant

[Spyder122]

All Frozen Chicken is "pumped" this means that they inject the breasts with a salt water solution before freezing to make the chicken weigh more...hence makeing the company more money...the downside to this is that once the chicken is defrosted all of the salt water comes out of the chicken breast leaving you with a dried out salty piece of chicken to eat!! just buy fresh chickens...and you wont have this problem...

Well, that explains why my huge ass chicken breast always turns into a little perogie.

Perhaps I'll just buy a bunch of fresh chicken breasts when they're on sale and freeze them myself.

[tiramisu]

Not all frozen chicken is pumped but most is. It's actually the consumer that is being "pumped" and it's a shame there are no effective class action suits in Canada. This is simply theft.

[RagingRandy]

It is legal to inject water into meats. Here is a news story....
http://healthblog.ctv.ca/post/Has-your-chicken-been-plumped-Groups-aim-to-deflate-it.aspx

[NACanada]

paid $1.99 a lb in pennsylvannia this past week. i had to blink twice as i couldnt believe the price.

here i just order my chicken thru my restaurant

That's the way to do it. Or hit a good farmers market.

PH

[musclegeek19]

I've been purchasing frozen chicken breasts for the majority of my diet. Now after reading the above posts, I might switch over to fresh. I put a low sodium spice on mine when cooking and they taste good (of course it wouldn't compare to the fresh taste). I've never noticed the 'rubbery' taste in these frozen CB from Costco. Does the sodium intake in these breasts play that big of a drastic factor if you incorporate enough cardio into your diet to sweat it out?

[Dragon1911]

Ive been doing the maple lodge thing but switched from bonless skinless to just skinless the bone in breasts seem to be a little better and not so rubbery.

[gettinbigger]

I'd steer clear of anything frozen that says "seasoned" the seasoning is just a whack of salt that makes the chicken absorb more water (making it heavier when it is frozen). Depending on where you are crossing the border may be a good bet but not sure whether you are technically allowed to bring meat back. Also do a google search, you may have a processor, etc nearby. At 14$ a kilo organic free range chicken can be had in bulk so a freezer might come in handy.