How to cook a dinner for 50 rubles: 10 budget recipes

For calculations, the site of the O’KEY online store was used with delivery to St. Petersburg. For all products constant prices without taking stock are taken. Most of the products are not the cheapest in their segment, and the price of a dish can be reduced if you choose more affordable options, buy products from local manufacturers or watch out for special offers.

Salt and soda are not included in the calculations, since a teaspoon of these ingredients costs 5-10 cents, which affects the final amount very little. Spices are added to the taste and purse of the chef, so they were not included in the calculations.

The average serving size was chosen for the calculations. It can be changed to suit your appetite and needs. Accordingly, in this case, the cost will have to be adjusted.

1. Pouring cake with cabbage and canned fish

Ingredients for 4 large portions:

• 2 cups of yogurt;
• 2 eggs;
• 1 cup of flour;
• ½ teaspoon of soda;
• ½ teaspoon of salt;
• 1 can of canned fish;
• 500 g of cabbage;
• 1½ tablespoons of sunflower oil.

Preparation

Shred cabbage and fry it on one tablespoon of butter. Remove the fish from the jar, mash with a fork and mix with cabbage. Whisk the eggs and salt, add kefir, flour and soda. Dough should resemble sour cream according to consistency.

Lubricate the shape with the remaining oil, pour half the dough into it, lay out the filling, and on top – the remaining dough. Bake for 35-40 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.

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2. Pilaf with chicken

Ingredients for 6 servings:

• 600 g of chicken thighs;
• 230 g of rice;
• 1 large onion;
• 2 medium carrots;
• 1 head of garlic;
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• 1 teaspoon of salt.

Preparation

Pour into a deep frying pan or kazan vegetable oil and heat it. Finely chop the onion, fry. Rub on a large grater or cut into half rings of carrots, add to onions. Throw the hips into large pieces, put them to the vegetables. Add salt and add spices. Fry the contents of the cauldron until half cooked.

Disassemble the garlic with denticles and, without cleaning, lay on meat. Pour rice, smooth. Gently pour the water in the cauldron so that it is above the rice by 1.5-2 cm. Bring the rice to the ready.

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3. Chicken meatballs with pasta

Ingredients for 1 serving:

• 130 g of chicken breast fillet;
• 1 tablespoon of sunflower oil;
• 2 tablespoons of canned tomatoes in their own juice;
• ¼ bulb;
• 1 teaspoon of salt;
• ½ cup of water;
• 60 g of pasta.

Preparation

Turn the chicken fillet into minced meat, add in it chopped onion, spices and a pinch of salt. Roll the small meatballs with wet hands. Pour oil on the frying pan, fry the meat balls until golden brown. Then pour them with water, add the canned tomatoes and leave to stew under the lid until ready (7-10 minutes). Macaroni boil in water with a pinch of salt, when serving, lay them on meatballs and pour sauce.

The dish will cost less if you buy chicken breast on a bone and cut the filet yourself.

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4. Stewed with pollack vegetables + garnish

Ingredients for 1 serving:

• 1 carcass pollock weighing about 200 g;
• 1 carrot;
• ½ bulb;
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil;
• ½ teaspoon of salt;
• 1 large potato tuber.

Preparation

Cut the pollock into large pieces, chop onion, and grate the carrots on a large grater. Fry the frying pan with oil, lay out pieces of pollock, pour the space between them with vegetables, pour a little water and cook until ready. Peel potatoes, cut into large cubes and boil in salted water.

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5. Chicken drumstick with potatoes, baked in a sleeve

Ingredients for 1 serving:

• 2 chicken drumsticks;
• 2 medium potato tubers;
• 1 tablespoon oil;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• ½ tablespoon of salt.

Preparation

Mix the butter, garlic, salt and favorite spices. Spread the shin with this mixture. Potatoes cut into mugs or cubes, put in a sleeve for baking, put the shins on top. Bake in the oven for about 40 minutes at a temperature of 200 degrees.

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6. Buckwheat with mushrooms in a pot

Ingredients for 1 serving:

• 80 g of buckwheat;
• 100 g of champignons;
• ½ small bulb;
• 1 tablespoon of sunflower oil;
• ½ tablespoon of salt.

Preparation

Mushrooms cut and fry in oil until golden brown. Reduce heat, add finely chopped onions and salt, cook for 5 minutes. Rinse the buckwheat. Put all the ingredients in the pot. Products should not occupy more than half the volume of dishes. Pour boiling water so that it was above the cereal by 1 cm, mix. Add salt to taste. Put the pot in a preheated 200 degree oven for 40-45 minutes.

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7. Baked potato with sour cream and garlic

Ingredients for 6 servings:

• 700 g of potatoes;
• 200 g of sour cream;
• 2 eggs;
• 1 teaspoon of salt;
• 1 tablespoon of sunflower oil;
• 3 cloves garlic.

Preparation

Peel the potatoes in a peel, peel, cut into circles and place in a greased form. Whisk the sour cream with salt, eggs and chopped garlic, pour a mixture of potatoes and bake it in the oven for about 20 minutes at a temperature of 200 degrees.

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8. Chicken liver with pancakes

Ingredients for 2 servings:

• 300 g of chicken liver;
• 8 tablespoons cream;
• 2 tablespoons oil;
• 2 potato tubers;
• 1 egg;
• 20 g of flour;
• ¼ bulb;
• 1 teaspoon of salt.

Preparation

Liver cut into small pieces, salt, fry a little on a spoonful of oil, then pour the cream and cook until ready. Potato grate and squeeze out excess liquid. Mix the potato mixture with salt, flour, egg and finely chopped onions. Form the pancakes and fry until cooked on the leftover oil.

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9. Chicken meatballs with cabbage

Ingredients for 8 servings:

• 700 g of chicken fillet;
• 200 g of rice;
• 1 tablespoon of sunflower oil;
• 600 g of cabbage;
• 2 tablespoons of tomato paste;
• 1 teaspoon of salt.

Preparation

Make minced meat from chicken fillet, add salt and pepper to taste. Cook rice until half cooked, chill. Mix it with minced meat. Form meatballs. Cut the cabbage.

Bottom the saucepan or a deep saucepan with thick walls and oil. Lay a layer of cabbage, then – a layer of meatballs. Fill in the voids with cabbage. Repeat the manipulations until the meatballs and cabbage are finished. Stir the tomato paste in a glass of water, pour the liquid into a saucepan. Cover and simmer until meatballs are ready (about an hour).

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10. Pangasius in battered with mashed potatoes

Ingredients for 2 servings:

• 300 g of pangasius fillet;
• 4 medium potato tubers;
• 1 egg;
• 20 g of flour;
• 150 ml of milk;
• 1 tablespoon of sunflower oil;
• 1 tablespoon of salt.

Preparation

Pangasius fillets cut into medium pieces. For batter, whisk the egg with a mixer, add salt, spices and flour. Slice the fish into the batter and fry in a frying pan, oiled.

For mashed potatoes and cook potatoes with a pinch of salt. Drain the water, mash the tubers in a mash, adding a little warmed milk.

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