Crispy Baked Chicken - $5.72 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. 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.

eggs drives this basket at $7.49, 33% of the total. The next biggest lines are chicken ($5.00) and low-fat milk ($4.69). $15.49 of the basket - 68% - 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.

• Vital Farms® Pasture-Raised XL Eggs · about 10 left, $6.24 of value
• Simple Truth Organic® 1% Lowfat Milk Half Gallon · about 1813 ml left, $4.49 of value
• Kroger® Sharp Cheddar Shredded Cheese · about 190 g left, $1.67 of value
• Kroger® All Purpose Bleached Enriched Flour · about 867 g left, $1.62 of value
• Kroger® Crispy Rice Cereal · about 250 g left, $1.46 of value

A mixture of crushed cereal covers the chicken to make it crispy. Serve hot with rice or with pasta and vegetables.

• 1 package chicken (thawed, and skin removed from each piece)
• 3 cups rice cereal (crushed equal about 3/4 cup)
• 1/3 cup cheese (such as cheddar, shredded, can also use low-fat cheese blend slices, cut into small pieces)
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup low-fat milk
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme (if you like)
• 1 teaspoon dried basil (if you like)
• pepper to taste

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Recipe adapted from Alaska WIC Family Meals Cookbook), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

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