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I did not recommend Walmart. I have only two supermarket chains in my town, and I was asked where one can buy the product I suggested. It is sold at both of them.
Individually cut chicken pieces can cost twice as much as a whole bird. If you have a good knife, cutting up a whole chicken only takes a few minutes.
Even more costly are boneless skinless chicken breasts. You can often buy an entire chicken for the price of two boneless skinless breasts. Five minutes spent cutting up the bird can save definitely a few dollars and is fairly routine:
Cut the wings first and optionally clip the wing ends.
Next cut the leg quarters and divide the drumstick from the thigh.
Finally cut the breast from the carcass on each side and you're left with two boneless skinless chicken breasts, six other pieces of chicken, and a carcass to make chicken stock.
Thanks Elina and I prefer the entire chicen anyway. We do buy boneless breasts and if I want to do buffalo wings I have to buy the wings. Other than that I love the entire chicken. As you mentioned, the carcus is great for stock or for soup and the whole chicken has more flavor. My dad taught me how to cut a chicken about 60 years ago. Some things you never forget.
They go on sale most places for about .59 lb from time to time. We got them in Texas (actually cheaper) NM and here in AR.
My last posting I said I only use whole chicken except for breasts but I lied. I forgot about the quarters, when they go on sale I buy them as well. They are not .59 lb unless they are on sale...
Actually, I checked today, they were $1.19, I couldn't believe it, because right next to them, they had 5-pound packs of drumsticks for 89 and thighs for 87 a pound. I wanted to ask if it was a mistake, but there was nobody around. Ive never seen them over about 75. Luckily, I stocked up on 10 pounds of them a few weeks ago, for 60-something, as I recall.
Just to clarify this, I checked today and the 1.19 price was indeed a mistake. There was a big sign that said "leg quarters 1.19", but a small tag on the bin that said "$5.98 / 10-lbs". So the actual, correct price, confirmed by a stocker for me, for frozen leg quarters was 59c a pound in a 10-pound pack.
I'm guessing that somebody looked at the 59/lb packs, thought they were 5-pound packages, divided by 5, and put up the 1.19 sign.
Just to clarify this, I checked today and the 1.19 price was indeed a mistake. There was a big sign that said "leg quarters 1.19", but a small tag on the bin that said "$5.98 / 10-lbs". So the actual, correct price, confirmed by a stocker for me, for frozen leg quarters was 59c a pound in a 10-pound pack.
I'm guessing that somebody looked at the 59/lb packs, thought they were 5-pound packages, divided by 5, and put up the 1.19 sign.
HAH!!!
Found some. Not Wal-Mart. Local independent grocer. $0.69 a pound for a ten pound bag.
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