Name: Green Olive Chicken II
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons butter; 1/2 cup chopped onion; 1 (16 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes, drained and chopped; 1 cup water; 1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper; 1 (4 ounce) can sliced mushrooms; 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley; 1 teaspoon paprika; 1 tablespoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper; 1 cup uncooked long-grain white rice; 1/2 cup sliced green olives; 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves

Why it works: Tomato and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 15,539 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

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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.

Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together15,539 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Parsley + olivetop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together9,649 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Rice + olivetop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together4,994 recipes

Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Tomato + ricetop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together3,065 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, tomato, pepper, mushroom, parsley, rice, olive):

Capsicumbetter flavor fit
Carrotbetter flavor fit
Potatobetter flavor fit
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, tomato, pepper, mushroom, parsley, rice, olive. 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).

Green Olive Chicken II