Beef Pozole Soup - $3.81 a serving

Makes 10 servings · mexican · involved · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$38.13
basket total, in-store
$3.81
per serving (10 servings)
-$0.81
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. 1 match is flagged for you to check rather than silently swapped. Prices change without notice - this is what we paid attention to on that date, not a quote.

The recipe saysWe foundPackageUsesCostsLeft over
32 ounces lean beef (2 pounds, cubed)CHECK THISKroger® Natural Fresh Choice Beef For Stew Meat BIG DEAL! · 2 lb$20.00907 g$20.00$0.00
1 tablespoon olive oilSimple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · 16.9 fl oz$8.4915 ml$0.25$8.24
1 onion (large)Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lbSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED$1.191$0.29$0.90
1 garlic clove (finely chopped)Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ct$2.491$0.50$1.99
1/4 cup cilantroCilantro · 1 ctSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED$0.9910 g$0.99-
1 can stewed tomatoes (15 ounces, low sodium)Kroger Tomatoes Stewed Tomatoes · 14.5 oz$1.00425 g$1.00-
2 ounces tomato paste, low-sodiumKroger® Tomato Paste · 6 oz$0.9957 g$0.33$0.66
2 cans hominy (2-14.5 oz cans or 1-1 lb. 13 ounce can)Kroger White Hominy - 15.5oz can · 15.5 ozx2$1.49822 g$2.79$0.19

lean beef drives this basket at $20.00, 52% of the total. The next biggest lines are olive oil ($8.49) and canned hominy ($2.98). $11.98 of the basket - 31% - 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.

This savory soup is full of tomatoes, beef, hominy, and cilantro, and will quickly become a favorite in your home.

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Delicious Heart-Healthy Latino Recipes/ Platillos Latinos Sabrosos y Saludables US Department of Health and Human Services National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Delicious Heart-Healthy Latino Recipes/ Platillos Latinos Sabrosos y Saludables US Department of Health and Human Services National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. MyPlate took its recipe pages offline in 2026 - the original lives on at the Internet Archive. More on this: What each protein actually costs per serving.
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