Chicken Pozole Soup - $3.01 a serving
Every non-staple ingredient matched to a real product on the shelf, priced on 2026-07-19 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 whole chicken, skinned and cut into pieces | Heritage Farm® Bone In Skin On Whole Young Chicken · 1 lbx4 est. | $1.49 | 1 | $5.91 | $0.05 |
| 1/2 cup onion, chopped | Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb | $1.19 | 80 g | $0.21 | $0.98 |
| 4 tablespoons chili powder | Kroger® Chili Powder Shaker · 4 oz | $2.49 | 32 g | $0.70 | $1.79 |
| 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce, low-sodium | Kroger Tomato Sauce No Salt Added · 15 oz | $1.00 | 227 g | $0.53 | $0.47 |
| 1/2 teaspoon dried oreganoCHECK THIS | Smart Way™ Oregano Leaves · 0.63 oz | $1.25 | 1 g | $0.07 | $1.18 |
| 5 cups canned hominy, white or yellow, rinsed and drained (2 - 15 ounce cans) | Kroger White Hominy - 15.5oz can · 15.5 ozx2 | $1.49 | 850 g | $2.88 | $0.10 |
| 3 cups iceberg lettuce, shredded | Kroger® Shredded Iceberg Lettuce · 8 oz | $2.49 | 225 g | $2.47 | $0.02 |
| 1 lime (cut into 6 wedges) | Fresh Limes - Each · 1 each | $0.69 | 1 | $0.69 | - |
whole chicken drives this basket at $5.96, 33% of the total. The next biggest lines are canned hominy ($2.98) and chili powder ($2.49). $4.58 of the basket - 25% - 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.
- Kroger® Chili Powder Shaker · about 81 g left, $1.79 of value
- Jumbo Yellow Onions · about 374 g left, $0.98 of value
- Kroger Tomato Sauce No Salt Added · about 198 g left, $0.47 of value
This traditional Mexican soup has a deep flavor using a whole chicken. Hominy can be found in the canned food aisle of the grocery store.
- 1 whole chicken, skinned and cut into pieces
- 8 cups water
- 1/2 cup onion, chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 4 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce, low-sodium
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 5 cups canned hominy, white or yellow, rinsed and drained (2 - 15 ounce cans)
- 3 cups iceberg lettuce, shredded
- 1 lime (cut into 6 wedges)
This recipe is credited to a partner program (Pictorial Recipes Oregon State University Cooperative Extension Service Oregon Family Nutrition Program Recipe submitted by Lynn Myers Steele, 2000), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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