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Marzetti® Ultimate Chicken

"Paprika-seasoned chicken breasts are served on a bed of baby spinach, sauteed apples, celery and shallots, then topped with warmed Marzetti® Ultimate Blue Cheese Dressing and toasted pine nuts."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Marzetti® Ultimate Chicken

Why it works: Shallot and spinach match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 198 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Marzetti® Ultimate Chicken

4 servings
Prep15 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

803Calories
46 gProtein
48 gFat
54 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine1 oz (28g)191
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Blue Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Shallot + spinachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together198 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + celerytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

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

  3. Celery + spinachtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together616 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  4. Olive + spinachtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,971 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Pepper + spinachtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,400 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (blue cheese, chicken, pepper, olive, celery, shallot, spinach):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Limefits better
  4. Applethe original

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