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Crispy Chicken with Asparagus Sauce

"Quick-fried chicken sauced with Parmesan-laced asparagus sauce is your tasty solution to dinner tonight. Serve to a hungry family with hot rice and a green vegetable."

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Why it works: Chicken and asparagus match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 539 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, 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. Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C) and lightly grease a baking dish.

  2. Beat the egg in a shallow bowl. Spread the dry bread crumbs mixed with a little grated Parmesan cheese on a plate.

  3. Dip each chicken breast half in the beaten egg, then press it into the bread crumb mixture to coat both sides.

  4. Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Brown the chicken for about 2 minutes per side, then transfer to the baking dish.

  5. Bake the chicken for 10 to 12 minutes, until the thickest part reaches 165°F (74°C).

  6. While the chicken bakes, whisk the condensed cream of asparagus soup, milk and water in a small saucepan over medium heat until smooth and hot, about 3 minutes.

  7. Keep the sauce warm over low heat, stirring occasionally, until ready to serve.

  8. Spoon the hot cooked rice onto plates, top with a chicken breast, and spoon the asparagus sauce over the top.

  9. Sprinkle with a little more grated Parmesan cheese before serving.

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. Chicken + asparagustop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  2. Chicken + ricetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,569 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

  3. Milk + ricetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together7,354 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Asparagus + ricetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together244 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  5. Rice + parmesan cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together874 recipes

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

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