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£1.32/kg Weekend Offer |
These fresh chicken thighs were part of Lidl's HalfPriceWeekend offer.
Normal price £2.65/kg offer price £1.32.
I don't buy much fresh meat in general but I wanted some raw chicken to make fajitas.
I normally use chicken breast meat for fajitas but thought I'd use the thigh as it was on offer and I don't mind trimming off skin, fat, sinew, tendon and bones. Thigh meat is more fatty compared to breast meat but is meant to be more flavoursome and tender.
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Skin/Bones/Flesh yielded 645g |
It took me 35mins to turn 1kg of chicken thighs into 645g of chicken thigh meat.
I did some maths. Lidl chicken breast (£2.65 for 540g = £4.91/kg)
Chicken thigh £1.32 for 645g = £2.05/kg
It would take only 5mins to shred the chicken so I calculate the time of removing skin and bones as 30mins.
I don't want to overcomplicate the maths due the flesh difference of 105g. Is my time worth more than £1.32 per 30mins?
Conclusion:
The packets in the offer were all 1kg but I chose the one with bigger pieces as I equated that to less labour.
I would buy these chicken thighs again but would cook them in the oven on the bone
(rather than make fajitas). I don't mind trimming the skin, it was taking them off the bones that was the troublesome part.
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Chicken Fajita |