Split chicken breast.- dollars and sense.

Yes, Virginia, I know how to spell.   It’s a pun LOL

I just ran on to a advertisement from Safeways. A quart of chicken stock was 3.00.    I thought that was quite high. I then looked at an ad from  Walmart. It was 2.79.

Let’s do some math.  Boneless, skinless chicken breast are anywhere from 1.79 to 8.00 a pound.

Split chicken breast were .88 a pound for Washington grown a few weeks back at Fred Meyers,

This does take an hour or so.   Hands on time,   I have a theory called virtual paycheck.   It basically figures how much time you spend in a scratch vs store bought item and Comoros it to the amount of money saved.   Or gives you a virtual hourly wage.   It’s a benchmark as to whether it would be worth your efforts to rmake the scratch food.

The difference between making the big bucks coffee shops lemon pound cake vs buying it by the slice is about 212.00 an hour.

Split Chicken  breast.

Take precautions for food handling,   We use a glass cutting board that can be disinfected.   It helps if you have someone to help ( chicken hands and non chicken hands.  The non chicken hands can be done by a school aged child,   It’s things like putting quart bags in a bowl and zipping the bags when full.


Cut the rib portion off of the breast. Dump the ribs in a gallon bag or bowl that can be covered as you go.  Place the breasts in quart bags and place the quart bags in a gallon bag that has been labeled and dated.  How long this takes depends on how many packages you are processing,

Before you go to bed , place the rib portions in the slow cooker.  Add some vegetable scraps and herbs.  Fill the slow cooker to within an inch from the top.  Cook on low all night.

I’m the morning, pour the contents of the slow cooker  through a colander into a pot.   Ladle the stock into freezer containers and  leave a few minutes on the counter to cool.  Then, place them in the fridge.   After they have chilled , skim the fat off the top and freeze.

Meanwhile, pick the bones for meat.  I am not the most proficient butcher, so I got a cup and a half of meat from the bones.   This is good for chicken pot pie, chicken soup, tacos, enchiladas to name a few ideas.

To recap : you have netted boneless , skinless chicken breast.  Probably about 4 to a package.  Or eight for two packages.

Also.a cup and a half of chicken pieces that should make at least one more meal.

And, at least 4 quarts of chicken stock.

At .88 a pound, you usually get about 4 large breasts for about 5.00 give or take a few cents,  for practical purposes, we will, say ten dollars.


4 quarts of chicken stock at 3.00 is 12.00.
8 chicken breast at a pound each at 2.00 a pound is 16.00
We will throw in the 1.5 cups of pieces.
Total is 28.00 worth of product.


You paid 10.00
Savings 18.00

That’s about 18.00 an hour or you would have to make 22.50 to spend that 18.00.