Teriyaki Lettuce Wraps - $6.83 a serving

Makes 6 servings · asian · easy · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$41.00
basket total, in-store
$6.83
per serving (6 servings)
+$2.21
dearer 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). 2 pantry staples excluded. 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 tablespoon cornstarchCHECK THISKroger® Pure Corn Starch · 16 oz$2.298 g$0.04$2.25
1/2 cup teriyaki sauce (reduced sodium)Kikkoman® Less Sodium Teriyaki Sauce · 10 fl oz$2.99120 ml$1.21$1.78
1 pound lean ground turkeyKroger® 93/7 Lean Fresh Ground Turkey - 1 LB · 1 lb$5.49454 g$5.49-
1 cup water chestnuts (chopped)Kroger® Whole Water Chestnuts · 8 oz$1.49240 g$1.49-
6 lettuce leavesKroger® Romaine Lettuce Hearts · 18 ozx6 est.$4.796$28.16$0.58

lettuce drives this basket at $28.74, 70% of the total. The next biggest lines are lean ground turkey ($5.49) and reduced sodium teriyaki sauce ($2.99). $4.61 of the basket - 11% - 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.

Lettuce wraps make great appetizers, or enjoy two for an entree. Pairs well with fresh or canned pineapple.

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Simple Healthy Recipes Oklahoma Nutrition Information and Education ONIE Project), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Simple Healthy Recipes Oklahoma Nutrition Information and Education ONIE Project. 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.
Build my cheapest weekPrice this at my store