Thai Pineapple and Chicken - $8.27 a serving

Name: Thai Pineapple and Chicken
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 4 cups cooked brown rice (regular or instant); 2 tablespoons peanut or canola oil, divided; 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into 1" cubes; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 red bell pepper, cut into chunks; 1 medium onion, cut into chunks; 2 cups cut broccoli florets and stems; 2 cups fresh pineapple chunks; 1 fresh lime, divided; 1 tablespoon Thai fish sauce; 2 tablespoons Thai chili sauce; 1/4 cup chopped cilantro

Makes 4 servings · thai · easy · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)

$33.08

basket total, in-store

$8.27

per serving (4 servings)

+$3.65

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. 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
4 cups cooked brown rice (regular or instant)	Kroger® Long Grain Brown Rice · 16 ozx2	$0.99	760 g	$1.66	$0.32
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into 1" cubes	Heritage Farm® Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts · 1 lb	$2.89	454 g	$2.89	-
2 cloves garlic, minced	Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ct	$2.49	2	$1.00	$1.49
1 red bell pepper, cut into chunks	Fresh Red Hothouse Bell Pepper · 1 ct	$1.67	1	$1.67	-
1 medium onion, cut into chunks	Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb	$1.19	1	$0.29	$0.90
2 cups cut broccoli florets and stems	Kroger® Broccoli Florets BIG DEAL! · 32 oz	$6.00	180 g	$1.19	$4.81
2 cups fresh pineapple chunks	Pineapple Spears Fresh Cut In Store Daily · 20 oz	$6.00	330 g	$3.49	$2.51
1 fresh lime, divided	Fresh Limes - Each · 1 each	$0.69	1	$0.69	-
1 tablespoon Thai fish sauce	Thai Kitchen Gluten Free Premium Fish Sauce · 6.76 fl oz	$5.49	15 ml	$0.41	$5.08
2 tablespoons Thai chili sauce	Blue Dragon® Thai Sweet Chili Sauce · 10.5 fl oz	$3.69	30 ml	$0.36	$3.33
1/4 cup chopped cilantro	Cilantro · 1 ctSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED	$0.99	10 g	$0.99	-

Where the money goes

broccoli drives this basket at $6.00, 18% of the total. The next biggest lines are fresh pineapple ($6.00) and thai fish sauce ($5.49). $18.45 of the basket - 56% - 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

Thai Kitchen Gluten Free Premium Fish Sauce · about 185 ml left, $5.08 of value
Kroger® Broccoli Florets BIG DEAL! · about 727 g left, $4.81 of value
Blue Dragon® Thai Sweet Chili Sauce · about 281 ml left, $3.33 of value
Pineapple Spears Fresh Cut In Store Daily · about 237 g left, $2.51 of value
Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · about 3 left, $1.49 of value
Jumbo Yellow Onions · about 344 g left, $0.90 of value

A deliciously sweet and savory dish featuring chicken, fresh pineapple, and red bell peppers.

Ingredients

4 cups cooked brown rice (regular or instant)
2 tablespoons peanut or canola oil, divided
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into 1" cubes
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 red bell pepper, cut into chunks
1 medium onion, cut into chunks
2 cups cut broccoli florets and stems
2 cups fresh pineapple chunks
1 fresh lime, divided
1 tablespoon Thai fish sauce
2 tablespoons Thai chili sauce
1/4 cup chopped cilantro

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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