Name: Easy Weeknight Chicken Pot Pie
Prep time: 15 min
Yield: 1 9-inch pot pie
Ingredients: 1 (15 ounce) box Pillsbury® refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box; 1 (18 ounce) can Progresso™ Recipe Starters™ creamy roasted garlic with chicken stock cooking sauce; 1/4 cup all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning; 1 (12 ounce) bag Green Giant® Valley Fresh Steamers™ frozen mixed vegetables; 1 1/2 cups chopped deli rotisserie chicken

Why it works: Garlic and chicken are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,850 recipes. Both carry 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

Easy Weeknight Chicken Pot Pie

1 9-inch pot pie

Prep15 min

Ingredients

1 (15 ounce) box Pillsbury® refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box
1 (18 ounce) can Progresso™ Recipe Starters™ creamy roasted garlic with chicken stock cooking sauce
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
1 (12 ounce) bag Green Giant® Valley Fresh Steamers™ frozen mixed vegetables
1 1/2 cups chopped deli rotisserie chicken

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

744Calories

44 gProtein

18 gFat

96 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Pie Crust	not in our table	0
Sauce	not in our table	0

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

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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.

Garlic + chickentop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,850 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).
Garlic + flourtop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,149 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Sauce + flourtop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,078 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Garlic + saucetop 22% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together5,007 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Chicken + saucetop 23% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together4,513 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, sauce, flour):

Jalapenofits better
Capersfits better
Garlicthe original
Turmericfits about as well

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

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