Looking to cut costs without sacrificing flavor or elegance? These budget-friendly poultry recipes are the perfect solution! These dishes offer a fantastic alternative to beef, while still delivering on taste and presentation. From crispy breaded chicken steaks to tender, herb-filled Cornish hens, these recipes are sure to impress while keeping your grocery bill in check.

Ready to make poultry the star of your next meal? Read on for some fresh, flavorful ideas that won’t break the bank!

1. Breaded Chicken Steaks (Gluten Free) by Chaya Ruchie Schwartz

The best way to make these in advance is to prepare them before Yom Tov and freeze them raw —I highly suggest serving them straight out of the oven and not reheating them.

2. Kishka-Stuffed Capons for Passover by Rorie Weisberg

These kishka-stuffed capons are guaranteed to be a crowd pleaser that you’ll want to make at least twice over the Pesach season. Not only do they taste amazing, but they freeze really well too! For more healthy cooking, watch Living Full ‘n Free!

3. Stuffed Cornish Hens by Rivka and Sara Fried

Not your everyday main. Using only the most basic ingredients, these stuffed hens are wholesome and especially delicious. This recipe can easily be done with chicken bottoms; they’re budget-friendly and just as delicious!

4. Hawaiian Battered Chicken Steak by Glicky Eisikovics

I love serving chicken steak on Yom Tov because it’s light, inexpensive, and elegant. When I created this recipe, I had the kids in mind too. I always find that kids will agree to eat anything that’s battered and fried. Serve it to the adults with the Hawaiian pineapple sauce on the side or drizzled on top.

5. Lemon Roasted Cornish Hens with Baby Zucchini by Michal Frischman

If you love cooking and presenting a whole chicken, Cornish game hens are an even more elegant way to serve poultry. This is a super-simple recipe that you can serve plated for that real catered feel. Shout out to Ira from Glatt Mart for giving me guidance on cooking the Cornish hens. It’s not like I make them every day! Serve with Herb-Roasted Rainbow Carrots.

6. Turkey Loaf with Gravy by OU Kosher

Ground turkey is well spiced and rolled up into a loaf in this Passover-friendly weeknight dinner dish. Courtesy of the Women’s Branch of the OU.

7. Charoset-Inspired Chicken Capons by Naomi Nachman

My family loves charoset. I thought this is a really great way to take the leftover charoset and make something really delicious in honor of the Seder, charoset-stuffed capons.

8. Turkey Leg Pot Roast by Sara Goldstein

There’s nothing quite like coming home on a winter day at four o’clock when the sun has almost set and the smell of dinner is wafting through the house. These braised turkey legs will deliver just that. Put them up in the morning and forget about them!

9. Stuffed Chicken Capons with Root Vegetables by Chaya Suri Leitner

Stuffed capons is a festive yet light dish I like to have in my Yom Tov rotation. This dish is so filling and extremely flavorful with minimal ingredients. The best part is that the filling is like a side dish! I usually serve it at the Seder when everyone is hungry but nobody wants a heavy meal, because it’s so late at night.