Quick Chili - $4.03 a serving

Makes 4 servings · american · easy · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$16.12
basket total, in-store
$4.03
per serving (4 servings)
-$0.59
cheaper 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 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.

The recipe saysWe foundPackageUsesCostsLeft over
1/2 pound ground beef, 90% leanGround Beef Sirloin 90% Lean · 1 lb$10.49227 g$5.25$5.24
1 can kidney beans, low-sodium (15 1/2 ounces, with liquid)Light Red Kidney Beans · 15.5 oz$1.00440 g$1.00-
1 cup tomato sauce, low-sodiumContadina Tomato Sauce · 8 oz$0.89240 ml$0.89-
1 tablespoon onion, instant mincedCHECK THISSmart Way™ Minced Onion · 2.01 oz$1.2515 g$0.33$0.92
1 1/2 tablespoons chili powderKroger® Chili Powder Shaker · 4 oz$2.4912 g$0.26$2.23
Where the money goes

ground beef 90% lean drives this basket at $10.49, 65% of the total. The next biggest lines are chili powder ($2.49) and instant minced onion ($1.25). $8.39 of the basket - 52% - 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
Ingredients
Directions

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Simply Good Eating Recipe Cards, Vol. 1, 2000 University of Minnesota Cooperative Extension Service), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Simply Good Eating Recipe Cards, Vol. 1, 2000 University of Minnesota Cooperative Extension Service. MyPlate took its recipe pages offline in 2026 - the original lives on at the Internet Archive. More on this: What each protein actually costs per serving.
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