Chicken and Noodles with Spinach
Tender boneless breasts simmered with egg noodles and wilted spinach in a silky cheese sauce that is faster than ordering takeout.
- Per serving
- $3.16
- Serves
- 4
- Time
- 25 min
- Whole dinner
- $12.64
Ingredients
1.5 lb Kirkwood Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
On sale at ALDI: Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts Family Pack, per lb, per lb
$8.36$9.2016 oz Reggano Enriched Wide Egg Noodles
On sale at ALDI: Reggano Enriched Wide Egg Noodles, 16 oz
$1.38$1.7410 oz Simply Nature Frozen Organic Chopped Spinach
On sale at ALDI: Simply Nature Frozen Organic Chopped Spinach, 16 oz
$1.85$2.158 oz Priano Four Cheese Sauce
On sale at ALDI: Priano Four Cheese Sauce, 24 oz
$2.19$2.992 cups Chef's Cupboard Chicken Broth
On sale at ALDI: Chef's Cupboard Chicken Broth, 48 oz
$1.79$2.350.5 cup Whole milk
about $0.751 tsp Salt
pantry0.5 tsp Black pepper
pantry
Prices are from ALDI the week of October 4, 2026. Sale prices change every week and differ by store.
Steps
- Bring broth to a boil in a large pot with salt. Add chicken breasts and simmer for 12 minutes until cooked through, then remove to a cutting board.
- Add noodles to the simmering broth and cook for 8 minutes until tender, then stir in the frozen spinach and cheese sauce.
- Shred the cooked chicken and return it to the pot. Stir in milk and simmer for 2 minutes until heated through and creamy. Season with salt and pepper.
Why it’s cheap
5 of the 8 ingredients were on sale at ALDI the week of October 4, 2026, led by kirkwood boneless skinless chicken breasts at $8.36 instead of $9.20.
The sale items rang up $2.86 under their regular prices.
Penny Meals prices a dinner by the share of each package you actually cook, adds an estimated shelf price for anything that wasn’t on sale, and counts pantry staples like oil and salt as free. That came to $3.16 a serving, or $12.64 for 4 servings.
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