How much money is 1 lb of chicken?

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asked Nov 18 in Other-Food Drink by Stringos (440 points)
How much money is 1 lb of chicken?

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answered Nov 19 by cabbagehead (27,650 points)
The amount of money for 1 lb of chicken is between $1.00 lb to $2.00 lb depending on where you buy it.

For whole chickens the cost is often $1.00 lb to $2.00 lb and for boneless, skinless chicken breasts they can cost between $3.50 to $4.00 lb and for bone in chicken breasts, drumsticks or leg quarters the cost is between $1.00 lb to $2.00 lb.

Boneless, skinless chicken breasts are more expensive can range in cost from $3.50 lb to $4.00 lb depending on the brand and retailer of the chicken.

2 bone in chicken breasts are often 1 lb.

Although not all 2 chicken breasts are exactly 1 lb as it depends on the size of the chicken breasts as to how much they weigh.

On average though, most 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts weigh around 1 lb to 1.5 lbs, although it can vary.

And on average there are 2 to 3 chicken breasts in 1 lb of chicken breast.

And 2 bone in chicken breasts are often 1 lb.

So 4 bone in chicken breasts are around 2 lbs.

Frozen chicken also doesn't weigh the exact same as thawed chicken although frozen chicken does weigh nearly the same as thawed chicken.

Although you could say that frozen chicken weighs the same as thawed chicken as the weight difference barely registers or may not register on a scale.

When you thaw the frozen chicken, the water that was inside the frozen chicken meat drains away and leads to a reduction in the weight of the chicken.

Chicken that is covered in a thin layer of ice, which is also part of the weight can increase the weight slightly of the chicken.

And some pre-packaged frozen chicken is injected with a solution, such as stock or saline to make it heavier.

And when the chicken is thawed, the added liquid is lost, which results in the chicken weighing less than it was when frozen.

If tracking weight for calories or recipes, you can weigh the chicken in the state you're using it, like frozen or thawed.

And when you weigh the chicken frozen, log it as frozen.

And if you thaw the chicken, you should log it as raw.

And if you freeze your own chicken, weighing the chicken frozen is okay as the weight won't change much, assuming the chicken is sealed properly and no liquid is lost during thawing.

However the weight difference between the frozen chicken and thawed chicken is not very much.

And you would most often find that frozen chicken and thawed chicken weigh nearly the same but they do have some slight differences in weight, but it's so small that it would barely register on a scale depending on the water content lost.

For chicken breast, the chicken breast will weigh basically the same as when thawed, although the weight can a bit more and cause  chicken to weigh a bit less when cooked.

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