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Easy Chicken and Broccoli Casserole

"This has been a family favorite for over 15 years. It's easy to make and a crowd pleaser. It can also be made the day before and baked when you are ready to enjoy it."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Easy Chicken and Broccoli Casserole

Why it works: Broccoli and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,072 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Easy Chicken and Broccoli Casserole

1 - 9x13 inch casserole
Prep10 min
Cook50 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

728Calories
65 gProtein
21 gFat
71 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 13 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Waternot in our table0
Soupnot 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. Broccoli + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,072 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Broccoli + almondtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together206 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Rice + chickentop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,769 recipes

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

  4. Rice + almondtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,456 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

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

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, broccoli, chicken, cheddar cheese, cream, yogurt, garlic):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Sesamefits better
  3. Cashew nutfits better
  4. Almondthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, broccoli, chicken, cheddar cheese, cream, yogurt, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.