Chicken Rice Salad - $6.72 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). 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 cups lettuce | Kroger® Romaine Lettuce Hearts · 18 oz | $4.79 | 200 g | $1.88 | $2.91 |
| 2 cups brown rice, cooked | Kroger® Long Grain Brown Rice · 16 oz | $0.99 | 390 g | $0.85 | $0.14 |
| 2 cups skinless chicken breast, roasted | Kroger® Boneless Skinless Uncooked Chicken Breast With Rib Meat Thin-Sliced · 1.25 lb | $5.00 | 280 g | $2.47 | $2.53 |
| 1 tomato, cored and diced | Fresh Large Red Slicing Tomato · 1 lb | $1.99 | 1 | $0.53 | $1.46 |
| 1 green pepper, cored and diced | Fresh Large Green Bell Pepper · 1 ct | $0.99 | 1 | $0.99 | - |
| 1 tablespoon olive oil (or cooking oil of choice) | Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · 16.9 fl oz | $8.49 | 15 ml | $0.25 | $8.24 |
| 1 lemon, juiced | Fresh Large Lemon - Each · 1 each | $0.85 | 1 | $0.85 | - |
| 2 tablespoons vinegar, flavoredCHECK THIS | Marukan® Genuine Brewed Rice Vinegar · 12 fl ozSUBSTITUTE | $3.79 | 30 ml | $0.32 | $3.47 |
olive oil drives this basket at $8.49, 32% of the total. The next biggest lines are chicken breast ($5.00) and lettuce ($4.79). $18.75 of the basket - 70% - 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.
- Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · about 485 ml left, $8.24 of value
- Marukan® Genuine Brewed Rice Vinegar · about 325 ml left, $3.47 of value
- Kroger® Romaine Lettuce Hearts · about 310 g left, $2.91 of value
- Kroger® Boneless Skinless Uncooked Chicken Breast With Rib Meat Thin-Sliced · about 287 g left, $2.53 of value
- Fresh Large Red Slicing Tomato · about 334 g left, $1.46 of value
- Kroger® Long Grain Brown Rice · about 64 g left, $0.14 of value
Add fresh vegetables and seasonings to leftover chicken that has been properly handled and rice for a quick and delicious salad.
- 4 cups lettuce
- 2 cups brown rice, cooked
- 2 cups skinless chicken breast, roasted
- 1 tomato, cored and diced
- 1 green pepper, cored and diced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil (or cooking oil of choice)
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 2 tablespoons vinegar, flavored
- hot pepper sauce (optional)
- Italian herb mix and black pepper to taste (optional)
This recipe is credited to a partner program (Cooking Demo II Food and Health Communications, Inc.), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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