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Crispy Ketchup-Mustard Chicken

"You would NEVER expect that chicken, ketchup, mustard and crispy chocolate cereal go together, but they really do - try this recipe - you will be amazed!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Mustard and chicken are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,192 recipes mention both. Both carry gamma-nonanolactone, which smells coconut, creamy. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Prep10 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C) and line a baking sheet with foil.

  2. Stir the ketchup and mustard together in a bowl until smooth.

  3. Crush the chocolate flavored crispy rice cereal finely in a zip-top bag with a rolling pin, then spread it on a shallow plate.

  4. Pat the chicken breast halves dry, then spread the ketchup-mustard mixture over all sides of each piece.

  5. Press each coated chicken breast into the crushed cereal until evenly covered, then place it on the prepared baking sheet.

  6. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the coating is crisp and the chicken reaches 165°F (74°C) in the thickest part.

  7. Let the chicken rest for 5 minutes 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. Mustard + chickentop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,192 recipes

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

  2. Rice + chickentop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,569 recipes

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

  3. Mustard + ricetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together546 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  4. Ketchup + mustardtop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together331 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Chocolate + ricetop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together509 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

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