Skillet Chicken Thighs with Creamy Lemon Garlic Rice

Ingredients

• 2 lb Chicken thighs

  On sale at Walmart: Great Value All Natural Skin-on Chicken Thighs, 4 lb (Frozen)

  $5.50 $7.96

• 1 pouch Knorr Creamy Chicken Rice

  On sale at Walmart: Knorr Creamy Chicken Parboiled Rice Cooks in 7 Minutes, No Artificial Flavors, 5.7 oz Rugular Pouch ​

  $0.50 $1.24

• 1 can Campbell's Creamy Lemon Garlic Sauce

  On sale at Walmart: Campbell's Condensed Creamy Lemon Garlic Sauce, Zesty and Buttery, 10.5 oz Can

  $1.97 $2.47

• 2 cups Frozen broccoli florets

  about $1.75

• 2 tbsp Olive oil

  pantry

• to taste Salt and pepper

  pantry

• 2 cups Water

  pantry

Prices are from Walmart the week of October 4, 2026. Sale prices change every week and differ by store.

Steps

1. Pat chicken thighs dry and season with salt and pepper.
2. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and brown chicken thighs skin-side down for 5 minutes per side, then set aside.
3. Add water and rice pouch to the skillet, stirring well, then return chicken to the skillet.
4. Pour lemon garlic sauce over everything and bring to a simmer.
5. Cover and cook for 15 minutes until rice is tender and chicken is cooked through.
6. Stir in broccoli, cover, and cook 3 to 4 minutes more until broccoli is heated through.

Why it’s cheap

3 of the 7 ingredients were on sale at Walmart the week of October 4, 2026, led by chicken thighs at $5.50 instead of $7.96.

The sale items rang up $3.70 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 $1.52 a serving, or $6.08 for 4 servings.

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