Opinion :Zaycon chicken

Zaycon is a company that literally brings you chicken breast straight from the farm.    We tried it when it was on a one time only price of .99 a pound.   You have to order 40 pounds and it is not individually packed.   It is packed in bags of about ten pounds.

You order and prepay for your chicken about 60 to 90 days before you get it.   There are specified pick up spots at a town near you and a window of time to pick up your product.   We picked the next town over and traveled about 5 miles.   I can see where this wouldn't work for a working family unless you have a neighbors or family member that was free that day.   We knew they were coming and could make a concentrated effort to eat down the freezer.

The breasts were huge, which wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, but I had to cut them in half and they were still 1.25 pounds.  For a moral family where 4 people ate chicken, this would not be a problem.   There are two of us and a small child so I cut the tenderloin off and bagged the rest of the breast.   The tenderloin, I cut into cubes for chicken dishes or chicken nuggets (homemade) .  This took about an hour and a half.

This all worked out well, but, because the price is normally a lot more money. we would probably not do it again.  They came out recently with a price of 1.29 if you bought 80 pounds.   Maybe if we needed them, and I could share with another family.   Not happening any time soon .  LOL.   We eat chicken or pork three times a week.   This will last us a long time.

Chicken breast cooks in the insta pot in 8-15 minutes depending on the thickness of the breast.
This does not give you a crispy crust or great appearance, but if you are using it for a recipe like chicken pot pie , it leaves you with about the same appearance as if you poached the chicken.

Boneless, skinless chicken breast here run about 1.99 a pound lately.   Sometimes split chicken breast with ribs are 1.50.   You can cut the ribs off fairly easy and cook the ribs in a slow cooker .   April Holly Smith gave me the great idea of putting chicken bone to cook over night in a slow cooker and putting them through a sieve in the morning and saving the stock-(freezer or can) and picking the bones.   You can get at least another dinner out of the bones.    Add vegetable scraps and some herbs.