Hawaiian Chicken - $2.43 a serving

Makes 5 servings · hawaiian · easy · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$12.16
basket total, in-store
$2.43
per serving (5 servings)
-$2.19
cheaper than the $4.62 median dinner

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. Prices change without notice - this is what we paid attention to on that date, not a quote.

The recipe saysWe foundPackageUsesCostsLeft over
2 1/2 pounds chicken, boneless skinlessHeritage Farm® Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts · 1 lbx3$2.891134 g$7.23$1.44
1 can pineapple juice, frozen concentrate (6 ounces)Kroger® Frozen 100% Pineapple Juice Concentrate · 12 fl oz$3.49180 ml$1.77$1.72

boneless skinless chicken breast drives this basket at $8.67, 71% of the total. The next biggest lines are frozen pineapple juice concentrate ($3.49). $3.16 of the basket - 26% - 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.

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Pennsylvania Nutrition Education Program, Pennsylvania Nutrition Education Network Website Recipes), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Pennsylvania Nutrition Education Program, Pennsylvania Nutrition Education Network Website Recipes. 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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