Cheap cut recipes

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 with dumplings

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