Chicken Soup with Chiles - $4.92 a serving

Makes 6 servings · mexican · medium · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$29.53
basket total, in-store
$4.92
per serving (6 servings)
+$0.30
dearer than the $4.62 median dinner

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. 2 matches are 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
3 pounds chicken pieces, skin removedCHECK THISSimple Truth® Natural Boneless Skinless Fresh Chicken Breast Cutlets · 1 lbx3$6.991360 g$20.96$0.01
2 cups tomatoes, choppedFresh On the Vine Red Tomatoes by the Bunch (4-5 tomatoes per bunch) · 1 lb$2.49300 g$1.65$0.84
1 garlic clove, mincedKroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ct$2.491$0.50$1.99
1/2 cup onion, choppedJumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb$1.1980 g$0.21$0.98
1/4 cup mild chiles, canned and dicedLa Preferida® Diced Mild Green Chiles · 4 oz$1.3960 g$0.74$0.65
2 cups pinto or garbanzo beans, canned or cooked and drainedCHECK THISPinto Beans · 15.5 oz$1.00480 g$1.00-

chicken pieces drives this basket at $20.97, 71% of the total. The next biggest lines are tomatoes ($2.49) and garlic ($2.49). $4.48 of the basket - 15% - 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.

Flavorful and filling, this soup is packed with protein making it a full meal. Add extra chiles or a dash of red pepper flakes if you like a spicier soup.

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Pumpkin Post and Banana Beat Newsletters University of Massachusetts Extension Nutrition Education Program), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Pumpkin Post and Banana Beat Newsletters University of Massachusetts Extension Nutrition Education Program. MyPlate took its recipe pages offline in 2026 - the original lives on at the Internet Archive. More on this: Why chicken dinners cost more than you would guess.
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