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Incredible Chicken

"This is a good 'take-along' dish, for the reason that it is good hot, warm, room temperature or cold! You can also make a salad, vegetable and/or rice if desired and have a quick, easy dinner."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 3 ingredients
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Incredible Chicken

Why it works: Chicken and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,850 recipes. Both carry 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

Incredible Chicken

2 to 4 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

214Calories
31 gProtein
4 gFat
13 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
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.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

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

  2. Garlic + sugartop 33% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,208 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

  3. Chicken + sugartop 39% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,461 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, sugar):

  1. Gingerfits better
  2. Cinnamonfits about as well
  3. Garlicthe original
  4. Rosemaryfits less well

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