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Lebanese Chicken and Potatoes

"A traditional Lebanese dish of baked chicken and potatoes, which I learned from my mum. Unbelievably simple, but ever so delicious."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Chicken and potato match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,756 recipes mention both. Both carry (z)-4-decenal, which smells green, must. The science ↓

The recipe

6 servings
Prep15 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C). Pat the chicken pieces dry and season them all over with salt and ground white pepper.

  2. In a small bowl, whisk the crushed garlic, extra virgin olive oil and fresh lemon juice. Season with salt and white pepper to taste.

  3. Arrange the potatoes and chicken pieces in a large roasting pan in a single layer. Pour the lemon mixture over everything and turn to coat.

  4. Roast for 30 minutes, then turn the chicken and potatoes and spoon the pan juices over them.

  5. Roast another 25 to 30 minutes until the chicken reaches 165°F (74°C) in the thickest part and the potatoes are tender and golden.

  6. Let the chicken and potatoes rest for 5 minutes before serving with the pan juices spooned over.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Chicken + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,756 recipes

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

  2. Garlic + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Potato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,512 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Chicken + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,839 recipes

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

  5. Chicken + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together10,796 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid hexyl ester (sweet, green).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the white pepper

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, potato, garlic, olive, lemon):

  1. Rosemarybetter flavor fit
  2. Thymebetter flavor fit
  3. Corianderbetter flavor fit
  4. White pepperthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, potato, garlic, olive, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).