How much of a frozen turkey's weight is in the breast/meat?
November 19, 2006 6:28 PM Subscribe
How much of a frozen turkey's weight is the breast?
I'd like to eat more turkey, so I'd like to buy a fresh turkey, slice off the breast meat, and cut it up like boneless chicken breasts, and freeze/cook them. I'd also use the other misc meat/thigh meat for soups, and the skeleton for stock. But I am wondering, how much of a turkey's meat is in the breast, and how much is meat total? Is using a turkey breast more economical than buying boneless chicken breasts (which are like $3+ a pound), assuming the turkey cost 79c per pound?
I'd like to eat more turkey, so I'd like to buy a fresh turkey, slice off the breast meat, and cut it up like boneless chicken breasts, and freeze/cook them. I'd also use the other misc meat/thigh meat for soups, and the skeleton for stock. But I am wondering, how much of a turkey's meat is in the breast, and how much is meat total? Is using a turkey breast more economical than buying boneless chicken breasts (which are like $3+ a pound), assuming the turkey cost 79c per pound?
Hmmm, Eatturkey.com says that the average yield for the whole turkey (meat and skin) is 53%, and for the breast is 63%. I don't think that's quite enough information to determine what percentage of the average turkey is breast. I'll guesstimate it's between 1/3 and 1/2, though.
In the fall and winter a store near me has all natural split turkey breasts for ~1.79 a pound. That seems like a pretty good deal to me, and I think the yield may be higher than 63%. They're easy to deal with. I stock up, wrap them in plastic wrap and foil and store them in the freezer. Then I just take them out periodically and roast them, smoke them at a friend's, whatever.
It may not be the cheapest form of turkey, but it's good, pretty healthy, and I eat it instead of eating out so it works for me.
posted by sevenless at 7:50 PM on November 19, 2006
In the fall and winter a store near me has all natural split turkey breasts for ~1.79 a pound. That seems like a pretty good deal to me, and I think the yield may be higher than 63%. They're easy to deal with. I stock up, wrap them in plastic wrap and foil and store them in the freezer. Then I just take them out periodically and roast them, smoke them at a friend's, whatever.
It may not be the cheapest form of turkey, but it's good, pretty healthy, and I eat it instead of eating out so it works for me.
posted by sevenless at 7:50 PM on November 19, 2006
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and then he went back into his little office and got hammered, just like every day.
posted by krautland at 7:06 PM on November 19, 2006