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Honey Mustard Chicken with Pretzel Crust

"A crunchy and salty crust to dress up chicken!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Honey Mustard Chicken with Pretzel Crust

Why it works: Vinegar and mustard are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,067 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Honey Mustard Chicken with Pretzel Crust

4 servings
Prep20 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

432Calories
38 gProtein
23 gFat
18 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)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.

  1. Vinegar + mustardtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Red wine + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together575 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  3. Vinegar + honeytop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,586 recipes

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

  4. Mustard + chickentop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,192 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, creamy).

  5. Red wine + honeytop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together112 recipes

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

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

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (red wine, vinegar, honey, chicken):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Mustardthe original
  4. Potatofits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against red wine, vinegar, honey, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.