Why it works: Chicken and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,888 recipes. Both carry acetic acid hexyl ester, which smells sweet, green. The science ↓
Creamy Dilled Chicken Casserole
4 servingsIngredients
Directions
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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Biscuit | 1 medium (45g) | 166 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Dill | 5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried | 4 |
| Olive | 1 large (4g) | 4 |
| 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.
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Chicken + olivetop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together11,888 recipes
Shared aroma: acetic acid hexyl ester (sweet, green).
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Dill + olivetop 9% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together1,223 recipes
Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
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Olive + biscuittop 12% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together153 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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Chicken + milktop 13% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together4,389 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).
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Dill + biscuittop 15% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together13 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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 (chicken, cream, milk, olive, biscuit):
- Capersfits better
- Garlicfits better
- Nutmegfits better
- Dillthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, cream, milk, olive, biscuit. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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