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Mama Silva's Mesquite Chicken

"I hope you enjoy this little recipe. Looking for something different to make, I happened to throw this together on a whim and it turned out to be a big hit!"

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Mama Silva's Mesquite Chicken

Why it works: Potato and chive work together. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 611 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Mama Silva's Mesquite Chicken

4 servings
Prep10 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

577Calories
47 gProtein
25 gFat
41 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Soupnot 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. Potato + chivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together611 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Chicken + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,172 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).

  3. Chive + oreganotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together89 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Butter + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

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

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

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

Swap the oregano

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

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Oreganothe original

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