Shrimp cocktail with rice and green beans
A restaurant-quality appetizer turned into a proper dinner with tender cooked shrimp, buttery rice, and crisp green beans.
- Per serving
- $3.10
- Serves
- 4
- Time
- 20 min
- Whole dinner
- $12.40
Ingredients
1 lb Frozen cooked medium shrimp
On sale at Walmart: Great Value Frozen Cooked Medium Shrimp Ring with Cocktail Sauce, 16 oz
$9.97$13.361.5 cups cooked Basmati rice
On sale at Walmart: Authentic Royal Ready-to-Heat Long Grain White Basmati Rice, 8.5 oz
$1.42$1.8814.5 oz Canned cut green beans
On sale at Walmart: Great Value Cut Green Beans, 14.5 oz Can
$0.50$0.822 tablespoons Butter
pantryto taste Salt
pantryto taste Black pepper
pantry1 lemon Lemon
about $0.50
Prices are from Walmart the week of October 11, 2026. Sale prices change every week and differ by store.
Steps
- Cook basmati rice according to package directions, about 15 minutes. Drain and fluff with butter, salt and pepper.
- Heat the frozen shrimp in a skillet over medium heat with a splash of water, stirring often, until warmed through, about 5 minutes.
- Heat the canned green beans in a small pot, drain well, and season with salt and pepper.
- Divide rice among bowls, top with shrimp and green beans. Squeeze fresh lemon over all if you have it.
Why it’s cheap
3 of the 7 ingredients were on sale at Walmart the week of October 11, 2026, led by frozen cooked medium shrimp at $9.97 instead of $13.36.
The sale items rang up $4.17 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 $3.10 a serving, or $12.40 for 4 servings.
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