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Grandma's Chicken Chardon

"Delicious chicken coated in bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese. Sooo easy but your guests will never know how hard you didn't work!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Grandma's Chicken Chardon

Why it works: Chicken and mushroom are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 4,172 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-butyl acetate, which smells fruity, banana. The science ↓

Grandma's Chicken Chardon

8 servings
Prep10 min
Cook45 min

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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. Chicken + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together4,172 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).

  2. Parmesan cheese + mushroomtop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,199 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  3. Garlic + mushroomtop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together4,700 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Mushroom + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together12,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, egg, pepper, bread, parmesan cheese, mushroom, butter):

  1. Thymeabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Garlicthe original
  3. Parsleyabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, egg, pepper, bread, parmesan cheese, mushroom, butter. 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).