Easy Chicken and Dumplings - $9.47 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). 4 pantry staples excluded. 2 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. 2 tablespoons non-fat milkCHECK THIS | Kroger® Skim Fat Free Milk 16 fl. oz. Bottle · 1 pt | $1.79 | 30 ml | $0.11 | $1.68 |
| 2. 2 tablespoons flour (all purpose) | Kroger® Bleached All Purpose Flour · 5 lb | $2.59 | 15 g | $0.02 | $2.57 |
| 4. 1 cup chicken broth, low-sodium | Swanson® 33% Less Sodium Chicken Broth · 14.5 oz | $1.49 | 240 ml | $0.87 | $0.62 |
| 5. 1 cup chicken, cooked and dicedCHECK THIS | Kroger® Frozen Fully Cooked Boneless Skinless Diced Chicken Breast · 22 oz | $7.99 | 140 g | $1.79 | $6.20 |
| 9. 1/3 cup flour (all purpose) | Kroger® Bleached All Purpose Flour · 5 lb | $2.59 | 40 g | $0.05 | $2.54 |
| 10. 1/2 teaspoon baking powder | Kroger® Baking Powder · 8.1 oz | $2.49 | 2 g | $0.02 | $2.47 |
cooked chicken drives this basket at $7.99, 42% of the total. The next biggest lines are all purpose flour ($2.59) and all purpose flour ($2.59). $16.08 of the basket - 85% - 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® Frozen Fully Cooked Boneless Skinless Diced Chicken Breast · about 484 g left, $6.20 of value
- Kroger® Bleached All Purpose Flour · about 2253 g left, $2.57 of value
- Kroger® Bleached All Purpose Flour · about 2228 g left, $2.54 of value
- Kroger® Baking Powder · about 228 g left, $2.47 of value
- Kroger® Skim Fat Free Milk 16 fl. oz. Bottle · about 443 ml left, $1.68 of value
- Swanson® 33% Less Sodium Chicken Broth · about 171 ml left, $0.62 of value
- 2 tablespoons non-fat milk
- 2 tablespoons flour (all purpose)
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 cup chicken broth, low-sodium
- 1 cup chicken, cooked and diced
- 1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
- 1 dash black pepper
- unit Dumplings:
- 1/3 cup flour (all purpose)
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
This recipe is credited to a partner program (University of Illinois, Extension Service, Wellness Ways Resource Book), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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