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Irish Chicken

"Boneless chicken breast stuffed with provolone cheese and bacon is covered with a mushroom and Irish creme sauce. Served traditionally with roasted potatoes in a creamy cheese sauce. Any veg will do, but the green beans are awesome!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Irish Chicken

Why it works: Provolone cheese and mozzarella cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 92 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Irish Chicken

5 servings
Prep1 hr
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

914Calories
64 gProtein
52 gFat
53 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Provolone Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Green Beans1 cup (100g)31
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Waternot in our table0

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. Provolone cheese + mozzarella cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together92 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Potato + green beanstop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  3. Potato + peanuttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together161 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  4. Chicken + potatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,756 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).

  5. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

Swap the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, provolone cheese, potato, cream, mozzarella cheese, peanut, butter):

  1. Onionfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, provolone cheese, potato, cream, mozzarella cheese, peanut, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.