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Creamy Orange Chicken

"Chicken breast, mandarin oranges, and chives sauteed with orange liqueur and cream. Great served over rice or pasta. A MUST TRY!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Mandarin orange and cream work together. They rank in the top 24% of all ingredient pairs, and 30 recipes mention both. Both carry acetaldehyde, which smells pungent, ethereal. The science ↓

The recipe

2 servings
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Pat the chicken breasts dry. Spread the flour on a plate, season nothing extra, and dredge each breast on both sides, shaking off the excess.

  2. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering.

  3. Cook the chicken 4 to 5 minutes per side until golden and cooked through to 165°F (74°C) in the thickest part. Transfer to a plate and keep warm.

  4. Add the drained mandarin orange segments to the same skillet and cook for 1 minute, stirring gently.

  5. Pour in the orange flavored liqueur and simmer for 1 to 2 minutes, scraping up any browned bits from the pan.

  6. Stir in the heavy cream and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes until slightly thickened. Add liqueur to taste if you want it stronger.

  7. Return the chicken and any juices to the skillet and spoon the sauce over it. Simmer 1 minute to heat through.

  8. Sprinkle the chopped fresh chives over the chicken and serve right away.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Mandarin orange + creamtop 24% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together30 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetaldehyde (pungent, ethereal).

  2. Orange + mandarin orangetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together87 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Olive + chickentop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together10,796 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid hexyl ester (sweet, green).

  4. Olive + orangetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,184 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Olive + chivetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,487 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the chive

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, flour, chicken, orange, mandarin orange, cream):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Carrotbetter flavor fit
  4. Chivethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, flour, chicken, orange, mandarin orange, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).