Grilled Pineapple Ginger Glazed Chicken with Zucchini and Peppers - $11.21 a serving

Makes 4 servings · asian · medium · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$44.85
basket total, in-store
$11.21
per serving (4 servings)
+$6.59
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. 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 saysWe foundPackageUsesCostsLeft over
1 1/2 cups pineapple juice (12-ounce bottle)Dole® 100% Pineapple Juice with Vitamin C Cans · 6 pk / 6 fl oz$5.49360 ml$1.86$3.63
1/4 cup apple cider vinegarSimple Truth Organic® Raw and Unfiltered Apple Cider Vinegar · 16 fl oz$3.2960 ml$0.42$2.87
3 tablespoons brown sugarKroger® Light Brown Sugar · 32 oz$2.2936 g$0.09$2.20
1 1/2 tablespoons light soy sauceCHECK THISKroger® Less Sodium Soy Sauce · 10 fl oz$1.4922 ml$0.11$1.38
1 tablespoon minced gingerSpice World™ Fresh Peeled Ginger Bag · 7 oz$3.9915 g$0.30$3.69
1 tablespoon Dijon mustardSimple Truth Organic® Dijon Mustard · 12 oz$2.4915 g$0.11$2.38
1 pound chicken breast, boneless, skinless (cut into 4 portions)Kroger® Boneless Skinless Uncooked Chicken Breast With Rib Meat Thin-Sliced · 1.25 lb$5.00454 g$4.00$1.00
1 tablespoon olive oilSimple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · 16.9 fl oz$8.4915 ml$0.25$8.24
1 sweet yellow onion (cut into wedges)Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb$1.191$0.29$0.90
2 large zucchini (cut into chunks)Zucchini · 1 lb$1.792$1.58$0.21
1 red pepper (cut into 8 strips)Fresh Red Hothouse Bell Pepper · 1 ct$1.671$1.67-
1 orange pepper (cut into 8 strips)Fresh Orange Bell Pepper · 1 ct$1.671$1.67-
8 pineapple spears (2-1/2 x 1-1/4 inch, about 1 ounce each)Pineapple Spears Fresh Cut In Store Daily · 20 oz$6.00225 g$2.38$3.62

olive oil drives this basket at $8.49, 19% of the total. The next biggest lines are fresh pineapple ($6.00) and pineapple juice ($5.49). $30.12 of the basket - 67% - 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.

Fresh pineapple chunks and an easy glaze made with pineapple juice add tropical and zingy flavors to grilled chicken.

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Produce for Better Health Foundation), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Produce for Better Health Foundation. 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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