Tasty — But Expensive: 5 Great Cuts of Meat Cheaper Than Picanha That Might Change Your Mind

Written by Romário Pereira de Carvalho

Published on 07/07/2025 at 19:01

Imagem: Wikimedea Commons

1 person reacted to this.

With The Price Of Picanha Increasing, Brazilians Are Investing In Alternative Cuts To Keep Meals Tasty, Nutritious And More Affordable In Their Daily Lives

As the price of beef continues to rise, many Brazilians have set aside traditional picanha. An icon of barbecues, it has become a luxury item for a large part of the population. But that does not mean giving up flavor or dishes with quality protein.

With the right choices, it is possible to maintain tasty and nutritious meals while spending significantly less. Some simpler cuts offer good yield, are easy to prepare, and please the palate. Here are five options that are budget-friendly and help keep the menu varied.

Chuck: Versatile And Yields Well

Chuck costs an average of R$ 37.35 per kilogram. It is one of the cheapest beef cuts and is widely used in everyday recipes.

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW

Pork: Flavor And Economy

Pork is an increasingly popular alternative. With an average price of R$ 26.70 per kilogram, it is more affordable and still offers variety.

Cuts like loin and ham can be roasted, grilled, or cooked. Besides the distinctive flavor, it has a high protein concentration.

Shank: Ideal For Stews

With an average price of R$ 36.19 per kilogram, shank is highly sought after for broths and recipes that require slow cooking.

Rich in collagen, it contributes to hearty dishes and is a good choice for soups and stews.

Chuck Tender: Good Preparation Makes The Difference

Chuck tender is a firmer meat but can become tender with the right preparation. With an average cost of R$ 43.58 per kilogram, it is on the list of cuts that are still viable for those looking to save.

Cooked or sautéed, it guarantees flavor and nutrition.

Chicken Breast: The Cheapest

Chicken breast leads in cost-effectiveness, averaging R$ 20.69 per kilogram. Versatile, it is great roasted, grilled, shredded, or cooked. It is a light and accessible protein, ideal for maintaining a balanced diet.

Searching for economical alternatives has become a necessity. These five cuts help maintain the flavor and health of the dish, even with picanha prices skyrocketing.

With Information From EInvestidor.

Tasty — But Expensive: 5 Great Cuts of Meat Cheaper Than Picanha That Might Change Your Mind

With The Price Of Picanha Increasing, Brazilians Are Investing In Alternative Cuts To Keep Meals Tasty, Nutritious And More Affordable In Their Daily Lives

Chuck: Versatile And Yields Well

Pork: Flavor And Economy

Shank: Ideal For Stews

Chuck Tender: Good Preparation Makes The Difference

Chicken Breast: The Cheapest

While an average building in London or New York takes three years to be completed, in China a 26-story tower went up in five days with about 100 workers, and the global modular construction market already moves US$ 95 billion per year.

A Chinese factory in Guangdong is assembling a humanoid robot every 30 minutes while Tesla, Figure, and Boston Dynamics still struggle to deliver 10 thousand per year.

Australia installs giant concrete structures on the seabed 800 meters from the shore to create an ocean intake for desalination that will draw in saltwater and produce 30 million liters of drinking water per day.

Secret chamber sealed 4,500 years ago found in the Pyramid of Khufu, and Hawass announces its opening to the world in 2026

A public school student single-handedly created a machine capable of treating water for up to 50 people using only solar energy. It was awarded third place at one of the most important science fairs in the world.

While cities spend fortunes patching potholes and tons of plastic become waste, the Netherlands transforms over 218,000 recycled cups into a modular bike path that can conceal drainage, cables, and pipes.

While communities suffer from water scarcity and the advancing desert, women in Morocco use nets high up in the mountains to trap fog droplets, fill reservoirs, and transport drinking water through more than 10 km of piping.

A perfect 6 km ring in the far east of Russia intrigues NASA satellites as it appears to be a meteor crater or an extinct volcano, but the agency has already confirmed that it is neither and harbors a much stranger origin beneath the Earth.

Australia positions a barge with 78-meter legs at sea to install ocean sockets connected to tunnels under the seabed to supply a desalination plant that will produce 150 million liters of water per day in Alkimos until 2028.

From a simple approach at the gate to more than R$ 45,000 in donations, the story of a gardener offering volunteer work shows how a well-tended garden can pave the way for food, hope, and an almost finished home for a Brazilian family.

Couple buys 380 seedlings online to create an 80-meter hedge on their property, tests drip irrigation, and begins transforming open area into a green wall at the refuge they are building in Santa Catarina.

3.09-carat white diamond found by woman in a United States park after losing her father and son, and the rare stone valued at up to R$ 240,000 becomes a symbol of unexpected joy during a period of mourning

Tasty — But Expensive: 5 Great Cuts of Meat Cheaper Than Picanha That Might Change Your Mind

With The Price Of Picanha Increasing, Brazilians Are Investing In Alternative Cuts To Keep Meals Tasty, Nutritious And More Affordable In Their Daily Lives

Chuck: Versatile And Yields Well

Pork: Flavor And Economy

Shank: Ideal For Stews

Chuck Tender: Good Preparation Makes The Difference

Chicken Breast: The Cheapest

While an average building in London or New York takes three years to be completed, in China a 26-story tower went up in five days with about 100 workers, and the global modular construction market already moves US$ 95 billion per year.

A Chinese factory in Guangdong is assembling a humanoid robot every 30 minutes while Tesla, Figure, and Boston Dynamics still struggle to deliver 10 thousand per year.

Australia installs giant concrete structures on the seabed 800 meters from the shore to create an ocean intake for desalination that will draw in saltwater and produce 30 million liters of drinking water per day.

Secret chamber sealed 4,500 years ago found in the Pyramid of Khufu, and Hawass announces its opening to the world in 2026

A public school student single-handedly created a machine capable of treating water for up to 50 people using only solar energy. It was awarded third place at one of the most important science fairs in the world.

While cities spend fortunes patching potholes and tons of plastic become waste, the Netherlands transforms over 218,000 recycled cups into a modular bike path that can conceal drainage, cables, and pipes.

While communities suffer from water scarcity and the advancing desert, women in Morocco use nets high up in the mountains to trap fog droplets, fill reservoirs, and transport drinking water through more than 10 km of piping.

Ypê puts R$ 130 million on the table after Anvisa identifies 88 sanitary failures, 142 batches with unsatisfactory analyses, and microbiological risk in a factory in SP; the company promises a “pharmaceutical level” laboratory and a task force to avoid another shutdown.

New Inmetro label removes D, E, and F refrigerators from shelves in Brazil since January: classes A, B, and C now pay up to R$ 400 less on the electricity bill.

CNH do Brasil sets record with 303% increase in the first four months of 2026: 4.8 million applied for their first driver’s license

Cold front advances to the South of Brazil this Sunday with up to 150 mm of rain and a new polar mass drops temperature in three states

A perfect 6 km ring in the far east of Russia intrigues NASA satellites as it appears to be a meteor crater or an extinct volcano, but the agency has already confirmed that it is neither and harbors a much stranger origin beneath the Earth.

Australia positions a barge with 78-meter legs at sea to install ocean sockets connected to tunnels under the seabed to supply a desalination plant that will produce 150 million liters of water per day in Alkimos until 2028.

From a simple approach at the gate to more than R$ 45,000 in donations, the story of a gardener offering volunteer work shows how a well-tended garden can pave the way for food, hope, and an almost finished home for a Brazilian family.

Couple buys 380 seedlings online to create an 80-meter hedge on their property, tests drip irrigation, and begins transforming open area into a green wall at the refuge they are building in Santa Catarina.

3.09-carat white diamond found by woman in a United States park after losing her father and son, and the rare stone valued at up to R$ 240,000 becomes a symbol of unexpected joy during a period of mourning