2-Step Chicken - $1.22 a serving

Makes 4 servings · american · easy · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$4.88
basket total, in-store
$1.22
per serving (4 servings)
-$3.40
cheaper than the $4.62 median dinner

Every non-staple ingredient matched to a real product on the shelf, priced on 2026-07-17 at Kroger - Kroger On the Rhine (ZIP 45202). 2 pantry staples excluded. Prices change without notice - this is what we paid attention to on that date, not a quote.

The recipe saysWe foundPackageUsesCostsLeft over
2 chicken breasts (boneless, skinless)Heritage Farm® Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts · 1 lbSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED$2.892$2.87$0.02
1 can (10.75 ounces) cream of chicken soup, reduced-sodiumCampbell's® Condensed Unsalted Cream Of Chicken Soup · 10.5 oz$1.99305 g$1.99-

boneless skinless chicken breasts drives this basket at $2.89, 59% of the total. The next biggest lines are reduced sodium cream of chicken soup ($1.99). $0.02 of the basket - 0% - is package remainder: food you buy because stores sell packages and recipes call for amounts. It does not vanish, it sits in your kitchen for the next meal.

The ultimate in simplicity, this recipe calls for chicken and cream of chicken soup. Pair it with a salad, or roasted mixed vegetables for a colorful dinner....

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Recipe adapted from: Simple Healthy Recipes Oklahoma Nutrition Information and Education (ONIE Project)), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Recipe adapted from: Simple Healthy Recipes Oklahoma Nutrition Information and Education (ONIE Project). MyPlate took its recipe pages offline in 2026 - the original lives on at the Internet Archive. More on this: Why chicken dinners cost more than you would guess.
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