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Curry Chicken Casserole

"A favorite in our house, made entirely from unprocessed products. You'll love the clean taste and won't feel guilty about seconds! For the best flavor, use more authentic curry powders like garam masala, or even curry paste from Thai specialty shops."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Broccoli and green beans share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 41 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, which smells clove, smoky. The science ↓

The recipe

6 servings
Prep20 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat, soy, fish (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 375°F (190°C). Use a 9x13-inch baking dish.

  2. Bring a pan of boiling water to a boil. Add the broccoli florets and green beans, cook for 3 minutes, then drain well.

  3. Whisk the flour into 1/2 cup of the chicken broth until smooth. Whisk in the remaining broth in a saucepan over medium heat and simmer, stirring, until thickened, about 5 minutes.

  4. Remove the pan from the heat. Whisk in the yogurt, fish sauce, lime juice, curry powder, salt and black pepper. Stir in 1 1/2 cups of the Cheddar until melted.

  5. Add the cooked chicken pieces, drained broccoli and green beans to the baking dish. Pour the sauce over and stir gently to combine.

  6. Scatter the remaining 1/2 cup Cheddar over the top. Bake for 25 minutes, until bubbling and golden, and the chicken is heated through to 165°F (74°C).

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. Broccoli + green beanstop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  2. Cheddar cheese + yogurttop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,032 recipes

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

  3. Broccoli + limetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together286 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Fish sauce + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together798 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  5. Chicken + cheddar cheesetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,312 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (broccoli, chicken, cheddar cheese, flour, yogurt, fish sauce, lime):

  1. Potatobetter flavor fit
  2. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  3. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  4. Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against broccoli, chicken, cheddar cheese, flour, yogurt, fish sauce, lime. 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).