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Mom's Old Fashioned Fried Chicken

"Wonderful fried chicken that has been in my family for years and years!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Mom's Old Fashioned Fried Chicken

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

Mom's Old Fashioned Fried Chicken

6 servings
Prep30 min
Cook35 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

774Calories
44 gProtein
18 gFat
98 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
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.

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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. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Flour + garlictop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,149 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Chicken + sherrytop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together891 recipes

    Shared aroma: piperonal (bitter, coconut).

  5. Chicken + peppertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,958 recipes

    Shared aroma: piperonal (bitter, coconut).

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, flour, pepper, sherry):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Turmericfits about as well
  3. Marjoramfits about as well
  4. Garlicthe original

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