Love eating at restaurants offering international cuisine but have to cut down on your leisure spending budget? This week, Aldi Finds features options heavily inspired by Asian fusion, including all the different flavors of the East.
Ordering out can add a heavy toll to your weekly "grocery" budget and might be some of the first things cut from your list when trying to tackle high grocery costs.
Luckily, Aldi keeps these options stocked regularly and rotates specialty items in its weekly finds so you can have the best of both worlds.
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Crunchy Rice Rolls
Price: $2.29
Crunchy rice rolls are a puffed rice snack on the savory end of the flavor spectrum. These are a great way to change up your side snacks in a packed lunch. May not be available in all locations.
Orange Ginger Pork Bites
Price: $6.99
Park Street Deli offers great ready-made meals that are fully cooked and only require heating. This week, you can get pork bites in an orange ginger sauce that's ready in microwave minutes and can be served over rice.
Beef Lo Mein
Price: $6.49
Beef lo mein that goes from freezer to plate in 11 minutes? Yes, please! That's better for immediate gratification than delivery.
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Mini Wontons (pork or chicken)
Price: $6.89
You can pick up some frozen mini wontons this week, and they can be ready in five minutes. Don't forget to grab extra sauce from the condiments aisle, which regularly stocks great international sauce options.
Kimchi Potstickers (pork or chicken)
Price: $3.49
Is there a difference between wontons and potstickers? Nobody knows, but they're all delicious. These are stuffed with kimchi, a type of fermented vegetable that is traditionally Korean.
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Sweet & Sour Chicken
Price: $7.49
This sweet and sour chicken uses quality white meat, giving it a restaurant taste with at-home convenience. Other grocery chains often stock brands that use less desirable leftover bits of meat, but Aldi customers are provided quality and affordability.
Sweet Teriyaki or Sesame Ginger Chicken Skillet
Price: $5.99
One-skillet meals are the perfect solution to days that leave you too tired to cook. These frozen meal-in-a-bag options require no skill in the kitchen and are easy to master for even the most beginner at-home cooks.
Szechuan Stir Fry
Price: $2.99
Bring that Szechuan sauce flavor into your freezer with a ready-to-fry frozen bag of veggies. Only premium quality cuts of vegetables are used, leaving results that feel like freshly picked ingredients.
Butter Chicken
$6.49
Like chicken tikka masala? You'll want to try butter chicken from Journey to India. It has a similar creamy sauce but with different spices. If you love Indian restaurants, you'll want this in your freezer.
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Mochi Ice Cream
Price: $4.69
Mochi is ice cream wrapped in rice dough that adds a lightly gummy texture to the inner ice cream center. It comes in a variety of flavors, both traditional and fusion. Watch out; they may just become your favorite bite-size ice cream snack.
Ghee
Price: $9.99
Ghee is a type of butter that has had all the milk solids removed. It is commonly used in Indian cuisine. If your at-home Indian cooking can't quite get that same flavor as your favorite restaurant's, try using ghee instead of butter.
Pad Thai Noodle Bowls
Price: $2.98
Pad Thai, which is ready to go with just some boiling water, is great for packed lunches and can be easily stored at room temperature in pantry spaces, freeing up your freezer for other things. It also comes in sweet chili or yakisoba varieties.
Pho or Ramen Noodles
Price: $2.49
Swap your spaghetti for dried pho or ramen noodles, ready to boil to perfection at home. Grab a ready-made sauce from the condiment aisle and some frozen vegetables, and you'll have a quick and easy meal from scratch.
Spicy Chicken Ramen
Price: $6.49
We all need some just-add-water ramen in our pantries, and the spicy chicken flavor is sure to shake up your tastebuds. Get a little extra kick from your spicy ramen this week. May not be available in all locations.
Bottom line
Learning how to cook food from other culinary cuisines can be intimidating, and dining out at restaurants can be expensive, but Aldi's weekly finds bring rich and exotic flavors into your home with easy-to-make meals and snacks for everybody.
Comparatively, other groceries offer similar options at a higher price with lesser quality, leaving a bad taste in your mouth and your wallet.
Shoppers are increasingly turning to Aldi to combat rising prices and find higher quality. If you're looking to stretch your budget even further, check out these popular Aldi hacks.
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