Potato Skins with Buffalo Chicken - $8.06 a serving

Name: Potato Skins with Buffalo Chicken
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 12 ounces boneless, skinless chicken breast; 1 cup water; 4 medium russet potatoes (about 6 oz each); 9 teaspoons hot pepper sauce; 1/4 cup non-fat milk; 1/4 cup fat-reduced sour cream; 2 tablespoons margarine; 1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese; 2 green onions; 2 medium tomatoes; 4 celery stalks

Makes 4 servings · american · involved · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)

$32.24

basket total, in-store

$8.06

per serving (4 servings)

+$3.44

dearer than the $4.62 median dinner

What it costs at Kroger - Kroger On the Rhine

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
12 ounces boneless, skinless chicken breast	Heritage Farm® Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts · 1 lb	$2.89	340 g	$2.17	$0.72
4 medium russet potatoes (about 6 oz each)	Russet Potato · 1 lbx3 est.	$0.89	4	$2.35	$0.32
9 teaspoons hot pepper sauce	Frank's RedHot Original Cayenne Pepper Hot Sauce · 5 fl oz	$2.29	45 ml	$0.70	$1.59
1/4 cup non-fat milkCHECK THIS	Kroger® Skim Fat Free Milk 16 fl. oz. Bottle · 1 pt	$1.79	60 ml	$0.23	$1.56
1/4 cup fat-reduced sour creamCHECK THIS	Kroger® Light Sour Cream · 16 oz	$1.99	60 g	$0.26	$1.73
2 tablespoons margarineCHECK THIS	Blue Bonnet Vegetable Oil Sticks · 16 oz	$1.39	28 g	$0.09	$1.30
1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese	Private Selection® Crumbled Blue Cheese · 4 oz	$3.99	30 g	$1.06	$2.93
2 green onions	Green Onions · 1 eachx2	$1.19	2	$2.38	-
2 medium tomatoes	Fresh On the Vine Red Tomatoes by the Bunch (4-5 tomatoes per bunch) · 1 lb	$2.49	2	$1.32	$1.17
4 celery stalks	Sleeved Celery · 1 ctx4	$2.59	4	$10.36	-

Where the money goes

celery drives this basket at $10.36, 32% of the total. The next biggest lines are blue cheese ($3.99) and boneless skinless chicken breast ($2.89). $11.33 of the basket - 35% - 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.

What carries into next week

Private Selection® Crumbled Blue Cheese · about 83 g left, $2.93 of value
Kroger® Light Sour Cream · about 394 g left, $1.73 of value
Frank's RedHot Original Cayenne Pepper Hot Sauce · about 103 ml left, $1.59 of value
Kroger® Skim Fat Free Milk 16 fl. oz. Bottle · about 413 ml left, $1.56 of value
Blue Bonnet Vegetable Oil Sticks · about 426 g left, $1.30 of value
Fresh On the Vine Red Tomatoes by the Bunch (4-5 tomatoes per bunch) · about 214 g left, $1.17 of value

This lively dish gives a nod to buffalo chicken wings but without extra fat and calories. Start with a foundation of nutritious potatoes -- which are natural...

Ingredients

12 ounces boneless, skinless chicken breast
1 cup water
4 medium russet potatoes (about 6 oz each)
9 teaspoons hot pepper sauce
1/4 cup non-fat milk
1/4 cup fat-reduced sour cream
2 tablespoons margarine
1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
2 green onions
2 medium tomatoes
4 celery stalks

Directions

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Produce for Better Health Foundation), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Produce for Better Health Foundation. 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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