Meat at the grocery store; Costco, local supermarket etc..
I was shopping tonight at Costco like usual on my Monday nights and I purchase 5 lbs of chicken, 4 lbs of tri tip and a bunch of other goodies...
I come home to prep like I normally do and use my pressure cooker this time for the chicken and tri tip... both with broths ad veggies etc... comes out amazing as always. (I highly recommend a pressure cooker)
Well I prep for 4 days or sometimes 7 days and buy a little bit more than needed (give the dogs scraps if I have extra) and I AM ALWAYS SHORT...
So I buy my 5 lbs of chicken and 4 lbs of tri tip, I end up with around 3.3 lbs of chicken and around 3 lbs of tri tip! Now I expect a bit of loss on my products using a pressure cooker but this seems to happen every fucking time I shop no matter how I cook it, oven, crock pot pressure cooker etc..
Just wondering if anyone else seems to have this problem, I love shopping at Costco but my loss on chicken is ridiculous.. every time it seems to be a pound and a half... so it seems I need to buy 6 lbs of chicken in order to yield 4 lbs of true cooked chicken. I also weight everything on a scale before and after now just to make sure.
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Are you have heard about that in our time the chickens feed with a shit, do some injections of shit. As a result, we do not have clean meat we have 30% of water into him, for which we pay.
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Hey dude! Ive been trying to find some good recipes for a pressure cooker. The ones I have come across are decent but when I reheat the food... its.... bad... can barely get it down its so gross.
Have any suggestion?
Have any good recipes for beef or chicken?
Yeah I do have a good one for you..
4lbs chicken breasts cut up
1/2 lb wild rice blend or whatever rice you like
agave syrup if you have it works wonders and is low GI
low sodium soy sauce i prefer the good stuff
salt pepper and whatever other spices you have, I use a mesquite blend from costco
mushrooms and sweet peppers(optional)
coconut oil
good scoop of chicken bouillon
Put chicken in the pot first cut up, put all of the above in the pot over chicken except the rice and the peppers and mushrooms. Stir all the goodness into the chicken, you can let it sit after for a while if you want it to marinade. You can use however much of the stuff you like. Put the rice and peppers etc on top and add water, about 2 cups i guess, I strain it all after so doesn't matter to me.
10 minutes high pressure. 5 minutes natural release then quick release until pressure is gone. boom amazing meals for a few days and it reheats wonderfully. If done right chicken should fall apart and shred no problem. Made this one up myself enjoy it bro!
thanks for sharing dude!
Wow, never heard of plumping - it should be illegal!
Exactly like stated below. Most grocery stores injects up to a 20% saltwater solution into the chicken. It bulks up the weight so they can make more money on less chicken. I use a local meat market for mine. And usually get better prices than at the grocery store.
AnonJoin a deer ranch this winter and buy a deep freezer. Oh and buy a lot of bullets and shoot a lot if deer... Best advice broski!
I love venison chili
Hahahaha you are very right that is the best advice.. I do love to hunt, although where I live it is a bit of a travel..
Ya bro there full of water buy more or pay more for high quality from a butcher
exactly brother!
Well if you think about it I will probably be paying the same after it is all said and done lol.
Try and find a butcher that does not inject chicken broth or water into it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumping
That explains a lot, I will be going straight to the butcher on my next prep.. thanks for sharing I was unaware of plumping, that explains the close to 2lbs of loss...