Hot-Wing-Flavored Chicken with Ranch Sauce - $7.89 a serving

Name: Hot-Wing-Flavored Chicken with Ranch Sauce
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons hot pepper sauce (or to taste); 1 tablespoon lemon juice, fresh; 2 teaspoons olive oil; 4 chicken breast, boneless and skinless, all visible fat discarded (about 4 ounces each) (halved); 1 cup cornflake crumbs (about 2 cups flakes); 1/4 cup sour cream, light (or fat-free); 1/4 cup buttermilk, 1% low-fat; 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder; 1/4 teaspoon dried dillweed (crumbled)

Makes 4 servings · american · easy · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)

$31.57

basket total, in-store

$7.89

per serving (4 servings)

+$3.27

dearer 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). 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
2 teaspoons hot pepper sauce (or to taste)	Frank's RedHot Original Cayenne Pepper Hot Sauce · 5 fl oz	$2.29	10 ml	$0.15	$2.14
1 tablespoon lemon juice, fresh	Fresh Large Lemon - Each · 1 each	$0.85	1	$0.85	-
2 teaspoons olive oil	Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · 16.9 fl oz	$8.49	10 ml	$0.17	$8.32
4 chicken breast, boneless and skinless, all visible fat discarded (about 4 ounces each) (halved)	Heritage Farm® Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts · 1 lb	$2.89	454 g	$2.89	-
1 cup cornflake crumbs (about 2 cups flakes)	Kellogg's Corn Flakes Original Crumbs · 21.0 oz	$4.29	60 g	$0.43	$3.86
1/4 cup sour cream, light (or fat-free)	Kroger® Light Sour Cream · 16 oz	$1.99	60 g	$0.26	$1.73
1/4 cup buttermilk, 1% low-fat	Kroger® Cultured 1% Lowfat Buttermilk Pint · 1 pt	$1.29	60 ml	$0.16	$1.13
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder	Kroger® Garlic Powder Shaker · 9.25 oz	$4.99	2 g	$0.04	$4.95
1/4 teaspoon dried dillweed (crumbled)CHECK THIS	Private Selection® Dill Weed Shaker · 0.48 oz	$4.49	1 g	$0.16	$4.33

Where the money goes

olive oil drives this basket at $8.49, 27% of the total. The next biggest lines are garlic powder ($4.99) and dried dillweed ($4.49). $26.44 of the basket - 84% - 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

Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · about 490 ml left, $8.32 of value
Kroger® Garlic Powder Shaker · about 260 g left, $4.95 of value
Kellogg's Corn Flakes Original Crumbs · about 535 g left, $3.86 of value
Frank's RedHot Original Cayenne Pepper Hot Sauce · about 138 ml left, $2.14 of value
Kroger® Light Sour Cream · about 394 g left, $1.73 of value
Kroger® Cultured 1% Lowfat Buttermilk Pint · about 413 ml left, $1.13 of value

Enjoy this spicy chicken dish with a side salad or carrot and celery sticks.

Ingredients

2 teaspoons hot pepper sauce (or to taste)
1 tablespoon lemon juice, fresh
2 teaspoons olive oil
4 chicken breast, boneless and skinless, all visible fat discarded (about 4 ounces each) (halved)
1 cup cornflake crumbs (about 2 cups flakes)
1/4 cup sour cream, light (or fat-free)
1/4 cup buttermilk, 1% low-fat
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon dried dillweed (crumbled)

Directions

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Power to End Stroke: 46 Healthy Soul Food Recipes Cookbook American Heart Association), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Power to End Stroke: 46 Healthy Soul Food Recipes Cookbook American Heart Association. 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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