
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). 3 pantry staples excluded. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 ounces chicken breast, ground | Perdue® NAE Tray Pack Ground Chicken Breast Meat · 1 lb | $5.49 | 454 g | $5.49 | - |
| 1/2 pound cheese, part-skim mozzarella, grated | Kroger® Low-Moisture Part Skim Mozzarella Shredded Cheese · 16 oz | $3.50 | 227 g | $1.75 | $1.75 |
| 1/2 onion (small, finely diced) | Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb | $1.19 | 0.5 | $0.14 | $1.05 |
| 1 garlic clove (minced) | Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ct | $2.49 | 1 | $0.50 | $1.99 |
| 1 green pepper (medium, seeded and minced) | Fresh Large Green Bell Pepper · 1 ct | $0.99 | 1 | $0.99 | - |
| 1 tomato (small, finely chopped) | Fresh Large Red Slicing Tomato · 1 lb | $1.99 | 1 | $0.53 | $1.46 |
| 5 cups masa harina (corn flour, instant) | Bob's Red Mill Organic Masa Harina Corn Flour · 24 oz | $6.29 | 600 g | $5.55 | $0.74 |
masa harina drives this basket at $6.29, 29% of the total. The next biggest lines are ground chicken breast ($5.49) and part-skim mozzarella cheese ($3.50). $6.99 of the basket - 32% - 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 lower in saturated fat than traditional pupusas, but are still loaded with flavor! Enjoy these pupusas with curtido (cabbage salad).
This recipe is credited to a partner program (Delicious Heart-Healthy Latino Recipes/ Platillos Latinos Sabrosos y Saludables US Department of Health and Human Services National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.