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Johnsonville® Three Cheese Italian Style Chicken Sausage and Broccoli Rigatoni

"Dinner's on the table in 30 minutes with this rigatoni, sausage, and veggie dish sprinkled with grated cheese."

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Johnsonville® Three Cheese Italian Style Chicken Sausage and Broccoli Rigatoni

Why it works: Cheese and parmesan cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,041 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Johnsonville® Three Cheese Italian Style Chicken Sausage and Broccoli Rigatoni

6 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

716Calories
80 gProtein
35 gFat
18 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Chicken100g cooked165
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31

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. Cheese + parmesan cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,041 recipes

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

  2. Broccoli + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Broccoli + parmesan cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together435 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Pepper + parmesan cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,322 recipes

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

  5. Chicken + parmesan cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,846 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

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 (pepper, cheese, chicken, parmesan cheese):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Potatofits better
  4. Broccolithe original

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