White Chili - $4.04 a serving

Makes 10 servings · mexican · medium · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$40.37
basket total, in-store
$4.04
per serving (10 servings)
-$0.59
cheaper 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 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 saysWe foundPackageUsesCostsLeft over
4 cups white beans (cooked*)Goya® White Beans · 15.5 ozx2$1.59720 g$2.61$0.57
1 tablespoon olive oilSimple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · 16.9 fl oz$8.4915 ml$0.25$8.24
2 red pepper (chopped)Fresh Red Hothouse Bell Pepper · 1 ctx2$1.672$3.34-
1 onion (large, chopped)Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb$1.191$0.29$0.90
1 chopped green chili (can adjust to taste)CHECK THISKroger® Diced Green Chile Peppers · 7 oz$1.391$0.42$0.97
3 garlic cloves (minced)Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ct$2.493$1.49$1.00
1 tablespoon chili powderKroger® Chili Powder Shaker · 4 oz$2.498 g$0.18$2.31
1 teaspoon cuminMcCormick Ground Cumin · 1.5 oz$3.493 g$0.25$3.24
1 teaspoon oreganoCHECK THISSmart Way™ Oregano Leaves · 0.63 oz$1.252 g$0.14$1.11
2 cups chicken broth (low sodium)Kroger® 99% Fat Free Chicken Broth · 32 oz$1.59480 ml$0.84$0.75
2 cups milk, 1% low-fatKroger® 1% Lowfat Milk 32 fl. oz. Bottle · 1 qt$2.79480 ml$1.42$1.37
1/4 cup cilantroCilantro · 1 ctSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED$0.9910 g$0.99-
3/4 pound chicken (cooked and cubed)Kroger® Boneless Skinless Uncooked Chicken Breast With Rib Meat Thin-Sliced · 1.25 lb$5.00340 g$3.00$2.00
6 corn tortillas (toasted and cut into 1 inch squares)Mission Super Soft Super Size Yellow Corn Tortillas · 10 count$2.696$1.61$1.08

olive oil drives this basket at $8.49, 21% of the total. The next biggest lines are chicken breast ($5.00) and cumin ($3.49). $23.55 of the basket - 58% - 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.

Looking for a new twist on chili? Try this white chili with chicken and milk and you're in for a treat.

This recipe is credited to a partner program (The Bold and Beautiful Book of Bean Recipes Washington State WIC Program), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

The Bold and Beautiful Book of Bean Recipes Washington State WIC Program. 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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