
Cheap cut recipes
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Crisp Chinese pork belly
This mouth-watering pork belly dish with crispy crackling is great for entertaining and so easy to make. Serve with our four ingredient dipping sauce
Rosemary chicken with tomato sauce
This Italian-style casserole will warm you up, and it's great value too
Country terrine with black pepper & thyme
A rustic terrine with French toasts makes an excellent starter for a special meal and it costs very little to make
Herby lamb cobbler
This warming cobbler is impossible to resist on a winter's day, but is so delicious you'll be cooking it up all year round
Oxtail stew
Slow-cooked oxtail is soft, melting meat and teamed with this rich red wine sauce it's perfect for parties
Garlic beef
A cheap cut of beef transformed into a tender treat
Seared beef with orange & chilli
This summery beef dish is the perfect centrepiece for your outdoor entertaining
Mustard-crusted breast of lamb
Breast of lamb is a forgotten cut, which means it's great value, as well as deliciously tender when slow-cooked
Chicken livers on toast
Not just for stuffings and pâtés, pan-fried chicken livers make a good-value starter or light lunch
Sticky tamari & honey chicken thighs
Spice up your midweek chicken with a sticky soy glaze
Buffalo wings with blue cheese dip
These American-style crisp chicken pieces are the perfect laid-back food to share, great for a movie night
Portuguese braised steak & onions
In Portugal this braise would be served with fried potatoes or rice, but it goes just as well with a pillow of buttery mash
Slow-roast pork rolls with apple chilli chutney
Don't stint on the cooking time - it really is the key to meltingly soft, full-flavoured meat
Spanish beans with chicken & chorizo
This dish is great for a casual get-together, just plonk it on the table with a big salad and bread and it's done
Chicken wings with cumin, lemon & garlic
Pick up a few extras from the deli and turn this into a Middle Eastern mezze spread to share with friends
Sweet potato & chicken curry
Chicken thighs are good value and tasty, just right for this healthy, versatile curry
Honey mustard chicken pot with parsnips
For an easy, warming family casserole on a budget, this one-pot ticks all the boxes
Sticky slow-roast belly of pork
Pork belly is a relatively cheap cut of meat, making this an affordable roast to feed a crowd
Faggots with onion gravy
Made from pork shoulder and pigs liver, meatball-like faggots are a blast from the thrifty past - serve with mashed potatoes
Red braised ginger pork belly with pickled chillies
Malty Chinese black vinegar makes a great base for a slow-cooked one-pot with ginger, chilli and a thrifty cut of meat
Three-hour pork belly
Still a relatively cheap cut, pork belly yields beautiful soft flesh and crisp crackling when slow-roasted.
Crispy honey buffalo wings with blue cheese & celery slaw
Crispy Southern fried chicken is often served with blue cheese dressing and celery - the coleslaw turns this party favourite into a proper supper
Sort-of Scotch broth
An alternative take on the Highland soup with stewed lamb, cabbage and pearl barley
Pot-roasted beef brisket
Cook this one-pot brisket in beer for a richer flavour and your parsnips and mushrooms will absorb the liquor, too. Serve with mash to soak up the gravy