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Lolah's Chicken Adobo

"My Filipino Mom taught me how to make this traditional dish following the recipe her mother taught her. And though I've made a couple of changes, I guarantee they're Mom-approved. 'Lolah' is 'Grandma' in the Philippines, in case you were wondering. Serve over steamed rice."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Lolah's Chicken Adobo

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

Lolah's Chicken Adobo

8 servings
Prep10 min
Cook1 hr 10 min

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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 + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,850 recipes

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

  2. Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Garlic + apple cider vinegartop 13% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together344 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Garlic + saucetop 22% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together5,007 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Chicken + saucetop 23% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together4,513 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, garlic, sauce, apple cider vinegar):

  1. Gingerbetter flavor fit
  2. Thymebetter flavor fit
  3. Cuminbetter flavor fit
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, garlic, sauce, apple cider vinegar. 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).