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Cream of Chicken and Biscuits

"Great comfort food recipe given to me by my mother-in-law. Quick, easy, and considered my soul food!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Cream of Chicken and Biscuits

Why it works: Chicken and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,850 recipes. Both carry 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

Cream of Chicken and Biscuits

6 servings
Prep15 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

996Calories
56 gProtein
26 gFat
132 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Biscuit1 medium (45g)166
Chicken100g cooked165
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Soupnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  2. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Pepper + biscuittop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together841 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Garlic + biscuittop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together91 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Chicken + milktop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,389 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, cream, milk, pepper, biscuit):

  1. Nutmegfits better
  2. Celeryfits about as well
  3. Garlicthe original
  4. Tarragonfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, cream, milk, pepper, biscuit. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.