Chicken and Spanish Rice - $3.58 a serving
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 says | We found | Package | Uses | Costs | Left over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 cup onion, chopped | Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb | $1.19 | 160 g | $0.42 | $0.77 |
| 1/4 cup green pepper, chopped | Fresh Large Green Bell Pepper · 1 ctSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED | $0.99 | 37 g | $0.00 | $0.99 |
| 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce, low sodium | Kroger Tomato Sauce No Salt Added · 15 oz | $1.00 | 227 g | $0.53 | $0.47 |
| 1/3 tablespoon parsley, chopped (1 teaspoon) | Parsley - Italian · 1 ctSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED | $1.29 | 2 g | $1.29 | - |
| 1 1/4 teaspoons garlic, minced | Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ctSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED | $2.49 | 4 g | $2.49 | - |
| 5 cups cooked brown rice (cook rice in unsalted water) | Kroger® Long Grain Brown Rice · 16 ozx3 | $0.99 | 975 g | $2.13 | $0.84 |
| 3 1/2 cups cooked chicken breast, diced, skin and bone removedCHECK THIS | Private Selection® Classic Seasoned Whole Roasted Chicken Hot - Available 11am-7pm · 32 oz | $7.99 | 490 g | $4.32 | $3.67 |
cooked chicken breast drives this basket at $7.99, 45% of the total. The next biggest lines are brown rice ($2.97) and garlic ($2.49). $6.74 of the basket - 38% - 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.
- Private Selection® Classic Seasoned Whole Roasted Chicken Hot - Available 11am-7pm · about 417 g left, $3.67 of value
- Fresh Large Green Bell Pepper · about 83 g left, $0.99 of value
- Kroger® Long Grain Brown Rice · about 386 g left, $0.84 of value
- Jumbo Yellow Onions · about 294 g left, $0.77 of value
- Kroger Tomato Sauce No Salt Added · about 198 g left, $0.47 of value
This skillet dinner calls for cooked chicken. Use leftover chicken that has been properly handled or canned chicken to stretch your food dollars.
- 1 cup onion, chopped
- 1/4 cup green pepper, chopped
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil (or cooking oil of choice)
- 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce, low sodium
- 1/3 tablespoon parsley, chopped (1 teaspoon)
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 1/4 teaspoons garlic, minced
- 5 cups cooked brown rice (cook rice in unsalted water)
- 3 1/2 cups cooked chicken breast, diced, skin and bone removed
This recipe is credited to a partner program (A Healthier You: Based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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