Name: Creamy Chicken Marsala
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons olive oil; salt and ground black pepper to taste; 2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into cubes; 1 onion, diced; 1 cup sliced cremini mushrooms; 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup; 1 cup Marsala wine

Why it works: Chicken and mushroom are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,172 recipes. Both carry 1-butyl acetate, which smells fruity, banana. The science ↓

Creamy Chicken Marsala

4 servings

Prep10 min

Cook10 min

Ingredients

3 tablespoons olive oil
salt and ground black pepper to taste
2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into cubes
1 onion, diced
1 cup sliced cremini mushrooms
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
1 cup Marsala wine

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

425Calories

35 gProtein

23 gFat

15 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Soup	not in our table	0

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

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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.

Chicken + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,172 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).
Olive + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,571 recipes

Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Mushroom + winetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,632 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-propylphenol (allspice, anise).
Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together29,779 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, pepper, chicken, mushroom, cream, wine):

Tomatofits better
Capsicumfits better
Spinachfits better
Onionthe original

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

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