Chicken Fiesta Taco Bake - $4.01 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). 2 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. nonstick cooking spray | Kroger® Nonstick Canola Oil Cooking Spray · 8 oz | $2.99 | - | $2.99 | - |
| 2. 1 cup canned chicken (drained) | Swanson® 25% Less Sodium White Premium Chunk Canned Chicken Breast In Water · 12.5 oz | $5.29 | 225 g | $3.36 | $1.93 |
| 3. 2 cups fresh corn kernels (or frozen corn, thawed)CHECK THIS | Kroger® Whole Kernel Canned Golden Corn · 15.25 ozSUBSTITUTE | $1.00 | 300 g | $0.69 | $0.31 |
| 4. 2 teaspoons chili powder | Kroger® Chili Powder Shaker · 4 oz | $2.49 | 5 g | $0.11 | $2.38 |
| 7. 1 cup American cheese (cut into pieces) | Kroger® Singles American Sliced Cheese · 16 slices / 12 oz | $2.79 | 115 g | $0.94 | $1.85 |
| 8. 3/4 cup cornmealCHECK THIS | Quaker® Yellow Corn Meal For Baking · 24 oz | $3.49 | 115 g | $0.59 | $2.90 |
| 9. 1/4 cup flour | Kroger® Bleached All Purpose Flour · 5 lb | $2.59 | 30 g | $0.03 | $2.56 |
| 10. 2 tablespoons sugar | Kroger® Pure Cane Granulated Sugar · 4 lb | $3.99 | 25 g | $0.05 | $3.94 |
| 11. 2 teaspoons baking powder | Kroger® Baking Powder · 8.1 oz | $2.49 | 10 g | $0.11 | $2.38 |
| 12. 1 cup evaporated milkCHECK THIS | Nestlé Carnation Evaporated Milk Vitamin D Added Shelf Milk Evaporated Milk Canned · 12 fl oz | $2.19 | 240 ml | $1.48 | $0.71 |
| 13. 1 egg | Kroger® Grade A Large White Eggs · 18 ct | $2.79 | 1 | $0.16 | $2.63 |
canned chicken drives this basket at $5.29, 16% of the total. The next biggest lines are sugar ($3.99) and cornmeal ($3.49). $21.58 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® Pure Cane Granulated Sugar · about 1789 g left, $3.94 of value
- Quaker® Yellow Corn Meal For Baking · about 565 g left, $2.90 of value
- Kroger® Grade A Large White Eggs · about 17 left, $2.63 of value
- Kroger® Bleached All Purpose Flour · about 2238 g left, $2.56 of value
- Kroger® Baking Powder · about 220 g left, $2.38 of value
- Kroger® Chili Powder Shaker · about 108 g left, $2.38 of value
Cornmeal is one of the ingredients in this recipe. Recipe Tip! You may use canned beef or pork instead of chicken.
- nonstick cooking spray
- 1 cup canned chicken (drained)
- 2 cups fresh corn kernels (or frozen corn, thawed)
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 2/3 cup water
- 1 cup American cheese (cut into pieces)
- 3/4 cup cornmeal
- 1/4 cup flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 cup evaporated milk
- 1 egg
This recipe is credited to a partner program (Recipe adapted from Commodity Supplemental Food Program Cookbook), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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