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Greek Feta Chicken

"A simple, flavorful chicken dish. The feta cheese makes it special. You can also cook the chicken under the broiler."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Garlic and chicken are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 10,839 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (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. In a bowl, stir together the plain yogurt, minced garlic, dried oregano and ground black pepper until smooth.

  2. Add the chicken breast halves to the bowl and turn to coat. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or up to 8 hours.

  3. Place each chicken breast between sheets of plastic wrap and pound to an even thickness of about 1/2 inch [1.3 cm] so it cooks evenly in the time given.

  4. Heat a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Lift the chicken from the marinade, shaking off the excess, and discard the leftover marinade.

  5. Cook the chicken for 4 to 5 minutes per side until golden and the thickest part reaches 165°F (74°C).

  6. Transfer the chicken to a plate and let it rest for 3 minutes.

  7. Sprinkle the crumbled feta cheese over the warm chicken.

  8. Scatter the chopped fresh parsley over the top. Add parsley to taste; it is optional.

  9. Serve the chicken hot.

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. Garlic + chickentop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,839 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together34,118 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Oregano + parsleytop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,184 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Garlic + oreganotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together3,756 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Oregano + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (yogurt, garlic, oregano, pepper, chicken, feta cheese):

  1. Cuminbetter flavor fit
  2. Basilbetter flavor fit
  3. Rosemarybetter flavor fit
  4. Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against yogurt, garlic, oregano, pepper, chicken, feta cheese. 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).