Chicken & Rice Soup - $2.56 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 cup cooked chicken, dicedCHECK THIS | Kroger® Frozen Fully Cooked Boneless Skinless Diced Chicken Breast · 22 oz | $7.99 | 140 g | $1.79 | $6.20 |
| 6 cups chicken broth, low sodium | Kroger® Less Sodium Fat Free Chicken Broth · 32 ozx2 | $1.59 | 1440 ml | $2.52 | $0.66 |
| 1 cup rice, dry | Kroger® Enriched Long Grain White Rice · 32 oz | $1.79 | 190 g | $0.37 | $1.42 |
| 1 3/4 cups mixed vegetables | Kroger® Frozen Mixed Vegetables · 12 oz | $1.29 | 260 g | $0.99 | $0.30 |
| 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder | Kroger® Garlic Powder Shaker · 9.25 oz | $4.99 | 2 g | $0.04 | $4.95 |
| 1 tablespoon dried parsley | Smart Way™ Parsley Flakes · 0.5 oz | $1.25 | 3 g | $0.26 | $0.99 |
cooked chicken drives this basket at $7.99, 39% of the total. The next biggest lines are garlic powder ($4.99) and low sodium chicken broth ($3.18). $14.51 of the basket - 71% - 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® Frozen Fully Cooked Boneless Skinless Diced Chicken Breast · about 484 g left, $6.20 of value
- Kroger® Garlic Powder Shaker · about 260 g left, $4.95 of value
- Kroger® Enriched Long Grain White Rice · about 717 g left, $1.42 of value
- Kroger® Less Sodium Fat Free Chicken Broth · about 374 ml left, $0.66 of value
- Kroger® Frozen Mixed Vegetables · about 80 g left, $0.30 of value
Add your favorite veggies and brown rice to this yummy chicken soup for a warm meal on a cold night.
- 1 cup cooked chicken, diced
- 6 cups chicken broth, low sodium
- 1 cup rice, dry
- 1 3/4 cups mixed vegetables
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley
This recipe is credited to a partner program (Adapted from Chicken Soup Recipe: Pennsylvania Nutrition Education Network), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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