How To Make Costco's $22 Stir-Fry Prepared Meal Feed Your Whole Family

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Costco is selling a new prepared stir-fry meal that's only $22 and might be a major gamechanger for family dinners — if it indeed is enough to feed your whole family. The jury is still out on that last point, but there are plenty of ways to take this affordable meal and stretch it into enough portions that you might even have leftovers, from adding more ingredients to restructuring the meal plan.

The new Honey Sesame Chicken Stir-Fry from the Costco deli section is a great deal no matter how you slice it, even if it's not quite delivering on portion size. While prices will vary depending on your location, for just over $20 at the time of writing, you get breaded chicken breast chunks, yakisoba noodles, stir-fry veggies, and both a honey sesame sauce and a stir-fry noodle sauce to top it all off. The kit's packaging claims there are about five servings per container, but commenters online beg to differ. One user responded to a video of the stir-fry shared to Instagram by @costcohotfinds, saying, "That would only feed my husband and my eldest son." Despite the varied opinions on just how many servings you can get out of the pre-portioned meal, the stir-fry seems to be relatively well-received by Costco shoppers. And, luckily, there are lots of ways to stretch this meal into a guaranteed five servings — or even more — without needing to stop at another store. 

A simple way to get more servings out of the Honey Sesame Chicken Stir-Fry is to add rice. Mixed in or served on the side, rice is a perfect complement to the saucy noodles and chicken. Costco sells a few different kinds of dry rice in bulk, or you could pick up a pack of frozen or pre-cooked microwaveable rice pouches with even less cooking required. Grab the Ajinomoto Japanese-Style Yakitori Fried Rice pouches from the Costco freezer section. They're tasty, cook in just a few minutes, and even made it to our list of satisfying Costco frozen meals that are under $3 per serving.

Rather than bolstering up the base of the stir-fry to create more servings, try adding extra protein. There are lots of frozen Asian foods at Costco just as good as your favorite takeout spot, including the Mandarin Orange Chicken from Crazy Cuizine. Prep the frozen orange chicken and mix it in with the stir-fry chicken chunks for a major protein boost. If there are young or picky eaters in the bunch, frozen chicken nuggets could be substituted alongside the stir-fried noodles so that older kids and adults can enjoy more of the main meal. 

Treating the stir-fry as simply one course and not the entire meal is another way to serve more people easily. Thankfully, you can get a wide variety of frozen appetizers for under $20 at Costco. Spring rolls, wontons, tempura shrimp, and more would all make a tasty and complementary addition to the stir-fry and help it feed your entire family with ease.