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Caramelized Sweet Soy Sauce Chicken Drumsticks - A.k.a. Swiss Sauce Chicken

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Why it works: Chicken and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and 4,512 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

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Contains: soy (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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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 + saucetop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together4,512 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Chicken + ricetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,569 recipes

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

  3. Vinegar + sugartop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together20,804 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Vinegar + rice winetop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together92 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

  5. Chicken + rice winetop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together187 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

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