Back before ground beef doubled in price I would make a huge batch of chili for canning. I did the math in January of last year and it worked out to a 28% savings over buying it but the downside was that it cost $50 to make the batch.
Of course the upsides were knowing every ingredient and here I am two weeks short of a year later eating chili that now costs way more to make because of beef cost increases.
This time I added a can of black beans during the reheat because I didn’t feel like making corn bread.
Cost per person: $3.06
It’s cheaper than pork. But I’ve never been a fan of ground poultry other than in Asian foods.
I wish ground turkey was cheaper than pork here. Pork is the cheapest meat I can get where I am. Here are the current cheapest prices I can get shit per pound.
Ground Turkey - $3.78
Ground Chuck - $5.22
Chicken Breast - $3.77
Chicken Thighs - $3.83
Chicken Drumsticks - $.98 (last package I bought had an actual meat yeild that made them $2.70 w/o bones. etc.
Whole pork loin - $2.48
We can get frozen 1 pound tubes of ground turkey for $1.98 but if you want it not frozen it’s gonna cost at least double. And I’m pretty sure even that stuff has been frozen.
Ground pork is about $3.50 a pound but sold in 20 ounce packaging.
Give it a try in a small batch. The texture and flavor should match.
I will.