Name: Italian-Style Chicken and Pepper Saute
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves; 1 medium red pepper, cut into 2-inch-long strips; 1 medium yellow pepper, cut into 2-inch-long strips; 1 medium green pepper, cut into 2-inch-long strips; 1 large onion, cut in half and thinly sliced; 1 cup broccoli florets; 1 (24 ounce) jar Prego® Veggie Smart Chunky & Savory Italian Sauce

Why it works: Onion and broccoli match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,294 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Italian-Style Chicken and Pepper Saute

4 servings

Prep25 min

Cook25 min

Ingredients

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
1 medium red pepper, cut into 2-inch-long strips
1 medium yellow pepper, cut into 2-inch-long strips
1 medium green pepper, cut into 2-inch-long strips
1 large onion, cut in half and thinly sliced
1 cup broccoli florets
1 (24 ounce) jar Prego® Veggie Smart Chunky & Savory Italian Sauce

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

428Calories

37 gProtein

19 gFat

30 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Savory	not in our table	0
Sauce	not in our table	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.

Onion + broccolitop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,294 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Pepper + broccolitop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,747 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together68,474 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Chicken + broccolitop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,237 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity).

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

Swap the broccoli

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

Capsicumfits better
Tomatofits better
Potatofits better
Broccolithe original

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

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