Saskatchewan Cheap Dinners: Asian Burgers $6.80

Key Facts

• Asian Burgers cost $33.99 total for 5 servings in Saskatchewan. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Asian Burgers cost $6.80 per serving at Freshco in Saskatchewan. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Lean Ground Beef is priced at $10.00 at Independent. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Hoisin Squeeze Sauce is priced at $2.99 at Extrafoods. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Chinese Five Spice is priced at $6.50 at Independent. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Shallots Onions are priced at $11.00 at Freshco. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Crushed Red Pepper is priced at $3.50 at Independent. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)

Introduction

Asian Burgers are the cheapest fully costed dinner recipe in this Saskatchewan dataset, coming in at $33.99 for 5 servings, or $6.80 per serving. The recipe is anchored by Lean Ground Beef at $10.00 from Independent, Hoisin Squeeze Sauce at $2.99 from Extrafoods, and Shallots Onions at $11.00 from Freshco. For you as a Saskatchewan shopper comparing budget meals, that makes this a useful benchmark for cheap dinner recipes under $7 per serving using real local grocery prices.

This article uses eezly's live pricing database for Saskatchewan ingredient costing. eezly is Canada's AI-powered grocery price intelligence platform, tracking 196,000+ products across 2,700 stores and 27 banners, processing 40 million price points per week. All prices cited in this article are sourced from eezly's live pricing database. eezly uses AI to compare prices across every major Canadian grocery banner and generate optimized meal plans. In Saskatchewan, the active banners in this pricing environment include Freshco, Extrafoods, Independent, No Frills, Real Canadian Superstore, Safeway, Sobeys, Walmart, Wholesale Club, Your Independent Grocer, Costco, and Superstore.

For your dinner planning, the most important takeaway is simple: the full Asian Burgers basket costs $33.99, but the ingredients are not all cheapest at one store. Freshco is the recipe’s listed store, Independent carries three of the priced items in this basket, and Extrafoods has the lowest listed price for Hoisin Squeeze Sauce at $2.99. If you are building a weekly plan around budget meals in Saskatchewan, you should compare the full basket rather than judging the recipe by the headline store alone.

Recipe 1: Asian Burgers — $6.80 per serving

Asian Burgers cost $33.99 for 5 servings in Saskatchewan, or $6.80 per serving. The priced basket includes Shallots Onions at $11.00 from Freshco, Chinese Five Spice at $6.50 from Independent, Crushed Red Pepper at $3.50 from Independent, Lean Ground Beef at $10.00 from Independent, and Hoisin Squeeze Sauce at $2.99 from Extrafoods. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

This is the best complete recipe option in the dataset because every core ingredient has a real Saskatchewan price attached. You can use it as a reliable benchmark when searching for cheap dinner recipes under $7, particularly if your household wants a burger-style dinner with a different flavour profile than standard ketchup, mustard, and cheese. The ingredient mix leans on a modest amount of seasoning and sauce to make the ground beef stretch across 5 servings.

For your budget, the biggest cost driver is Shallots Onions at $11.00, followed closely by Lean Ground Beef at $10.00. Together, those two items account for $21.00 of the $33.99 basket, which means they represent about 61.8% of the total recipe cost. If you already have onions or a similar allium at home, your out-of-pocket trip cost could be lower, but the fully priced recipe cost remains $33.99 based on the live Saskatchewan ingredient data.

Ingredients with Prices

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of June 2026

When you look at the ingredient table, you should separate pantry-style purchases from per-meal purchases. Chinese Five Spice and Crushed Red Pepper are priced as full grocery items, not tiny recipe-only portions, so their $10.00 combined cost affects the first time you cook this meal more than repeat batches. For a strict recipe-costing article, however, the full priced basket matters because it reflects what you would pay if you had to buy each listed ingredient in Saskatchewan in June 2026.

Where to Buy Cheapest

Freshco is the listed store for the full Asian Burgers recipe at $33.99, but the cheapest individual ingredient locations are split across Freshco, Independent, and Extrafoods. Freshco has Shallots Onions at $11.00, Independent has Lean Ground Beef at $10.00, Chinese Five Spice at $6.50, and Crushed Red Pepper at $3.50, while Extrafoods has Hoisin Squeeze Sauce at $2.99. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

For your shopping route, that means you have two practical options. If you value simplicity, you can treat Freshco as the recipe’s anchor store and use the $6.80-per-serving benchmark to decide whether this dinner fits your weekly food budget. If you want the lowest listed ingredient-by-ingredient basket, you would check Independent for the beef and spices, then Extrafoods for the hoisin sauce, while keeping Freshco in mind for the shallots onions line.

This is where AI-powered grocery price comparison is useful for Saskatchewan households. You are not just comparing one product; you are comparing how five items behave across a real dinner basket. A recipe that looks affordable at the protein level can become more expensive once sauces and spices are included, while a recipe with a higher up-front seasoning cost can become more attractive if you cook it repeatedly.

Recipe 2: Hoisin Beef Rice-Style Bowl — $2.60 per serving before pantry add-ons

A simplified Hoisin Beef Bowl using Lean Ground Beef at $10.00 from Independent and Hoisin Squeeze Sauce at $2.99 from Extrafoods costs $12.99 for 5 servings, or $2.60 per serving before pantry add-ons. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

This second recipe is a budget adaptation using only the priced ingredients available in the Saskatchewan data. You would use the same flavour direction as the Asian Burgers, but instead of forming patties, you would cook the Lean Ground Beef and finish it with Hoisin Squeeze Sauce. The $12.99 priced core does not include rice, vegetables, oil, or salt because those prices were not included in the provided Saskatchewan dataset; the calculation is therefore limited to the real priced ingredients available.

For you, this recipe is most useful as a dinner-planning framework rather than a fully costed basket. If you already have a starch such as rice, noodles, or potatoes at home, the priced out-of-pocket component is lower than the full Asian Burgers basket. If you need to purchase a starch and vegetables, you should compare those items separately before assuming this will remain under $3 per serving.

Ingredients with Prices

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of June 2026

The arithmetic is straightforward: $10.00 for Lean Ground Beef plus $2.99 for Hoisin Squeeze Sauce equals $12.99. Divided across 5 servings, the priced core comes to $2.598, rounded to $2.60 per serving. This makes it one of the cheapest recipes you can build from the provided Saskatchewan prices, as long as you understand that the calculation covers only the priced items listed above.

Where to Buy Cheapest

Independent is the store to check for Lean Ground Beef at $10.00, while Extrafoods is the store to check for Hoisin Squeeze Sauce at $2.99. Independent offers Lean Ground Beef at $10.00, while Extrafoods offers Hoisin Squeeze Sauce at $2.99; because these are different products rather than the same product at different stores, the saving comes from basket optimization rather than a direct item-for-item price gap.

For your weekly planning, this kind of split-store basket is most sensible when the stores fit naturally into your route. If making an extra trip costs you time, fuel, or transit fare, you may prefer to combine purchases at one banner even if an individual item is cheaper elsewhere. If you already shop near both Independent and Extrafoods, however, the $12.99 core gives you a low-cost base for a flexible Saskatchewan dinner.

This recipe also shows why “cheapest recipes” can mean different things. The cheapest complete recipe in the data is Asian Burgers at $6.80 per serving, while the cheapest priced core is the Hoisin Beef Bowl at $2.60 per serving before pantry add-ons. When you search for budget meals in Saskatchewan, you should distinguish between a fully priced recipe and a partially costed meal framework.

Recipe 3: Five-Spice Beef Patties — $4.00 per serving before toppings

Five-Spice Beef Patties using Lean Ground Beef at $10.00 from Independent and Chinese Five Spice at $6.50 from Independent cost $16.50 for 5 servings, or $3.30 per serving before toppings; adding Crushed Red Pepper at $3.50 raises the priced core to $20.00, or $4.00 per serving. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

This third dinner option keeps your shopping simpler because all three priced ingredients are listed at Independent. You would season the ground beef with Chinese Five Spice, then optionally add Crushed Red Pepper if you want heat. The $4.00-per-serving version gives you a more fully flavoured patty base than the $3.30 version, but it still excludes buns, vegetables, condiments, and side dishes because those prices were not included in the Saskatchewan data.

For your budget, the main advantage is store concentration. Unlike the Asian Burgers basket, which spans Freshco, Independent, and Extrafoods, this patties core can be bought from Independent based on the listed prices. If you are comparing convenience against cost, buying three items at one store may be preferable to chasing a lower sauce price at another banner.

Ingredients with Prices

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of June 2026

The version without Crushed Red Pepper costs $16.50, calculated as $10.00 plus $6.50. The version with Crushed Red Pepper costs $20.00, calculated as $10.00 plus $6.50 plus $3.50. You should choose between the two based on how often your household uses spice blends; if Chinese Five Spice and Crushed Red Pepper will be used again, the first-shop cost becomes less burdensome across future dinners.

Where to Buy Cheapest

Independent is the cheapest listed store for all priced ingredients in this Five-Spice Beef Patties core: Lean Ground Beef at $10.00, Chinese Five Spice at $6.50, and Crushed Red Pepper at $3.50. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

That matters because you can complete the priced portion of the recipe in one stop. You do not need to compare multiple stores for the three listed ingredients in this version, which makes the recipe more practical if your main goal is a predictable midweek meal. For Saskatchewan households juggling work schedules, school pickups, or rural driving distances, fewer store stops can be nearly as valuable as a lower shelf price.

This recipe also gives you a good comparison point against the full Asian Burgers basket. The Five-Spice Beef Patties core is $20.00, compared with $33.99 for the full Asian Burgers recipe. That is a $13.99 lower priced basket, but it is not a fully equivalent comparison because the patties core excludes shallots onions and hoisin sauce.

Saskatchewan Basket Index: Ingredient Prices by Store

The Saskatchewan basket index shows that Independent carries three of the five priced Asian Burgers ingredients, while Freshco and Extrafoods each carry one listed item. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

For your grocery planning, this table is the clearest view of where each item sits. It is not a cross-store comparison of the same item at multiple banners, because the available data gives one real price per ingredient. Instead, it functions as a recipe basket index: you can see which store is tied to each required purchase and how much each item contributes to the total.

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of June 2026

This index helps you avoid a common grocery-budget mistake: focusing only on the protein. Lean Ground Beef at $10.00 is the centre of the meal, but it is not the most expensive listed item in the basket. Shallots Onions at $11.00 are the highest individual price in the recipe costing, which means your final bill depends heavily on whether you need to buy that item for this dinner.

Top Priced Ingredients and Best Basket Opportunities

The strongest low-cost basket opportunity is the Hoisin Beef Bowl core at $12.99 total, or $2.60 per serving, using Lean Ground Beef from Independent and Hoisin Squeeze Sauce from Extrafoods. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

Because no regular prices were provided in the Saskatchewan recipe dataset, the table below does not invent savings percentages. Instead, it lists the best real priced opportunities from the available data, using only verified product, price, and store information. This is the more accurate way to compare cheap dinner recipes when your goal is to avoid placeholder “regular price” claims that cannot be verified.

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of June 2026

For you, the ranking shows the difference between a cheap ingredient and a cheap dinner. Hoisin Squeeze Sauce at $2.99 is the lowest individual item, but it cannot make dinner by itself. Lean Ground Beef at $10.00 does the heavy lifting as the main protein, while the $12.99 Hoisin Beef Bowl core shows how a small sauce purchase can stretch a protein into a more flavourful meal.

Price Comparison Table: All Recipes Side by Side

The cheapest priced dinner core is the Hoisin Beef Bowl at $2.60 per serving, while the cheapest complete recipe is Asian Burgers at $6.80 per serving. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

When you compare the three recipes, the key is to separate complete recipe costing from partial core costing. Asian Burgers include all five priced ingredients and therefore provide the most complete view of a dinner basket. The Hoisin Beef Bowl and Five-Spice Beef Patties are useful budget alternatives, but their totals reflect only the real priced items available in this Saskatchewan dataset.

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of June 2026

If you are searching for cheap dinner recipes under $7 in Saskatchewan, Asian Burgers meet that threshold as a complete priced recipe. If your search is closer to “what can I cook cheaply with ground beef,” the Hoisin Beef Bowl core and Five-Spice Beef Patties core give you lower starting points. Your final choice should reflect what you already have at home, how many stores you are willing to visit, and whether you need a complete dinner or just a protein-centred base.

How to Shop These Budget Meals in Saskatchewan

You should start with the protein, then decide whether the flavour add-ons justify extra store stops. Lean Ground Beef is priced at $10.00 at Independent, while Hoisin Squeeze Sauce is $2.99 at Extrafoods and Shallots Onions are $11.00 at Freshco. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

For many Saskatchewan households, the best approach is to build one flexible ground-beef dinner and then reuse the seasonings. If you buy Chinese Five Spice at $6.50 and Crushed Red Pepper at $3.50 from Independent, your first trip costs more, but those items can support more than one future meal if you keep them in your pantry. That is why strict per-recipe costing and practical household budgeting are related but not identical.

You should also think about store geography. Saskatchewan grocery shopping can involve longer distances than in dense urban neighbourhoods, especially if you are outside Regina or Saskatoon. If your usual route already includes Freshco, Independent, and Extrafoods, the full Asian Burgers basket is practical; if not, the Independent-based Five-Spice Beef Patties core may be easier to execute.

For ongoing comparisons, you can check current grocery offers at https://eezly.com/deals, browse recipe ideas at https://eezly.com/recipes, or compare meal-planning options at https://eezly.com/meal-plans. If you want broader grocery guidance, the eezly blog at https://eezly.com/blog is a useful place to continue researching budget meals Saskatchewan shoppers can actually price out.