Breadfruit, Taro, and Garlic Chicken Trio - $11.29 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). 1 pantry staples excluded. 3 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 says | We found | Package | Uses | Costs | Left over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 skinless boneless chicken breast, halved | Heritage Farm® Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts · 1 lb | $2.89 | 1 | $1.43 | $1.46 |
| 1 tablespoon minced garlic | Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ctSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED | $2.49 | 15 g | $2.49 | - |
| 1/4 teaspoon sugar | Kroger® Pure Cane Granulated Sugar · 4 lb | $3.99 | 1 g | $0.00 | $3.99 |
| 6 ounces taro (you can substitute with parsnip or sweet potato)CHECK THIS | Parsnips Bulk · 1 lbSUBSTITUTE | $2.49 | 170 g | $0.93 | $1.56 |
| 5 ounces breadfruit (you can used canned or substitute with plantains)CHECK THIS | Fresh Plantain - Single · 1 eaSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMEDSUBSTITUTE | $0.75 | 142 g | $0.75 | - |
| 6 ounces broccoli | Kroger® Broccoli Florets BIG DEAL! · 32 oz | $6.00 | 170 g | $1.12 | $4.88 |
| 1/4 cup lite coconut creamCHECK THIS | Simple Truth Organic® Unsweetened Coconut Milk · 13.5 fl oz | $1.99 | 60 ml | $0.30 | $1.69 |
| 1 tomato, quartered | Fresh Large Red Slicing Tomato · 1 lb | $1.99 | 1 | $0.53 | $1.46 |
broccoli drives this basket at $6.00, 27% of the total. The next biggest lines are sugar ($3.99) and skinless boneless chicken breast ($2.89). $15.03 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.
- Kroger® Broccoli Florets BIG DEAL! · about 737 g left, $4.88 of value
- Kroger® Pure Cane Granulated Sugar · about 1813 g left, $3.99 of value
- Simple Truth Organic® Unsweetened Coconut Milk · about 339 ml left, $1.69 of value
- Parsnips Bulk · about 284 g left, $1.56 of value
- Fresh Large Red Slicing Tomato · about 334 g left, $1.46 of value
- Heritage Farm® Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts · about 229 g left, $1.46 of value
“In American Samoa, we eat taro and breadfruit as our starch,” says Amelie. “We eat it with coconut cream and other food. My recipe has taro and breadfruit, two local foods found in the Pacific. We also have lots of coconut trees and coconut cream. It tastes great together.”
- 1 skinless boneless chicken breast, halved
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar
- 6 ounces taro (you can substitute with parsnip or sweet potato)
- 5 ounces breadfruit (you can used canned or substitute with plantains)
- 6 ounces broccoli
- 1/4 cup lite coconut cream
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 tomato, quartered
This recipe is credited to a partner program (The 2016 Healthy Lunchtime Challenge Cookbook), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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