TikTok Butcher Claims Buying Pre-Cut Chicken Breast โคis a “Fatal Mistake”
A Spanish butcher gaining popularity on TikTok is advising customers too avoid purchasing โคindividual chicken breasts at teh butcher shop or supermarket,claiming it’s a costly error.โค Known as โฃ”El Carnicero TikToker,” the content creator assertsโฃ requesting a โคwholeโข chicken and havingโฃ it cut up by the butcher is the most economical and efficient approach.
The advice comes asโ consumers increasingly seek ways โคto combat rising food costs.According โฃto the butcher, customers unknowingly overpay for โคthe convenience of pre-cut portions, missing out on a free serviceโ offered by most butchers.He argues thatโค buying a whole chicken allowsโข customers to utilize the entire bird – including the carcass for โbroth – andโข receive custom cuts at no extra charge.
In โฃa recent TikTok video, theโ butcher stated, “I always say it and I will always say it, it’s a fatal mistake” to โbuy chicken breast already separated. Heโข explainsโฃ that manyโฃ customers “don’t โขknow how to buy,” but he’sโข there to provideโ guidance. His recommendation is to โคspecifically ask for “a whole chick.”
Acknowledging thatโ some may find a whole chicken too โคlarge, he countered, “If you are just one person it doesn’t โคmatter because โขI’m sure you have a freezer.”โ He further elaborated that butchers will happily portionโฃ the โchicken – wings, hindquarters, and breast – and that “All this is doneโ for you totally free.They โฃwill not charge you anything more for doing itโ this way.”
The TikTok butcher also highlighted the customization options availableโค when requesting a whole โchicken cut-up, noting customers can โspecify how they โwant the breasts prepared: “it can be whole, in fillets, in strips, choppedโฆ” โHe believes this knowledge empowersโ consumers to avoid being “deceived” or making a costly mistake when purchasing chicken.