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Deep-Dish Chicken Pot Pie

"A flaky crust surrenders to a warm veggie-and-chicken mixture infused with a savory sauce. Even better, this makeover is smarter than the classic version. Dig deep."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Deep-Dish Chicken Pot Pie

Why it works: Peas and green beans share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 54 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Deep-Dish Chicken Pot Pie

6 servings
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1048Calories
60 gProtein
30 gFat
135 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
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Pie Crustnot in our table0

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

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Peas + green beanstop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together54 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  2. Carrot + corntop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together794 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  3. Peas + carrottop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,994 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  4. Carrot + green beanstop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together113 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  5. Chicken + corntop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,666 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

Swap the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, cheese, flour, peas, carrot, corn):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Asparagusfits better
  4. Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, cheese, flour, peas, carrot, corn. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.