Great Northern Bean Soup - $2.36 a serving
$14.16
basket total, in-store
$2.36
per serving (6 servings)
-$2.26
cheaper than the $4.62 median dinner
What it costs at Kroger - Kroger On the Rhine
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). 3 pantry staples excluded. 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. 2 cups Great Northern beans, dry | Kroger® Great Northern Beans · 16 oz | $1.99 | 380 g | $1.67 | $0.32 |
| 3. 1/2 cup onion, chopped | Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb | $1.19 | 80 g | $0.21 | $0.98 |
| 4. 1/2 pound chicken, thawed, cut up, and skin removed from each piece | Kroger® Boneless Skinless Uncooked Chicken Breast With Rib Meat Thin-Sliced · 1.25 lb | $5.00 | 227 g | $2.00 | $3.00 |
| 5. 4 ounces ham, chopped (1/4 pound) | Smithfield Anytime Favorites Diced Ham · 8 oz | $3.00 | 113 g | $1.49 | $1.51 |
| 8. 1 cup tomatoes, diced, or 1/2 can, about 8 ounces, low-sodium diced tomatoes | Hunt's No Salt Added Diced Tomatoes · 14.5 oz | $1.59 | 227 g | $0.88 | $0.71 |
| 9. 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar | Kroger® Distilled White Vinegar · 16 fl oz | $1.39 | 15 ml | $0.04 | $1.35 |
Where the money goes
chicken breast drives this basket at $5.00, 35% of the total. The next biggest lines are ham ($3.00) and dry Great Northern beans ($1.99). $7.86 of the basket - 56% - 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.
What carries into next week
- Kroger® Boneless Skinless Uncooked Chicken Breast With Rib Meat Thin-Sliced · about 340 g left, $3.00 of value
- Smithfield Anytime Favorites Diced Ham · about 114 g left, $1.51 of value
- Kroger® Distilled White Vinegar · about 458 ml left, $1.35 of value
- Jumbo Yellow Onions · about 374 g left, $0.98 of value
- Hunt's No Salt Added Diced Tomatoes · about 184 g left, $0.71 of value
- Kroger® Great Northern Beans · about 74 g left, $0.32 of value
Great Northern beans are white beans that have a mild flavor.
Ingredients
- 2 cups Great Northern beans, dry
- 3 cups water
- 1/2 cup onion, chopped
- 1/2 pound chicken, thawed, cut up, and skin removed from each piece
- 4 ounces ham, chopped (1/4 pound)
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 8 cups water
- 1 cup tomatoes, diced, or 1/2 can, about 8 ounces, low-sodium diced tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
Directions
- In a medium-sized bowl, soak beans in 3 cups of water overnight.
- Drain the water and rinse beans.
- In a large pot, brown onion, chicken, and ham in oil over medium to high heat for about 5 minutes.
- Add water, beans, and salt to pot. Mix well.
- Bring pot to a boil and cook for 5 minutes.
- Lower heat and cook for about 1 hour. Stir pot every 15 minutes.
- Add tomatoes and vinegar to pot. Keep cooking over low heat for about 20 minutes. Serve hot.
A Harvest of Recipes with USDA Foods USDA Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations. 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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