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Oat and Herb Encrusted Turkey

"An easy way to dress up turkey breast. Serve with a salad or colorful vegetables for a complete meal. Other herbs, such as chervil and tarragon, also work well in this recipe."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Oat and Herb Encrusted Turkey

Why it works: Sage and rosemary match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 465 recipes. Both carry 1,8-cineol, which smells eucalyptus, camphor. The science ↓

Oat and Herb Encrusted Turkey

2 Servings
Prep15 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

583Calories
62 gProtein
15 gFat
48 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Sage1 tsp ground (0.7g)2
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. Sage + rosemarytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together465 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1,8-cineol (eucalyptus, camphor).

  2. Sage + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,388 recipes

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

  3. Rosemary + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,324 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Sage + turkeytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together154 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  5. Mustard + sagetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together372 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, oats, sage, rosemary, turkey, yogurt, pepper):

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Carrotfits better
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, oats, sage, rosemary, turkey, yogurt, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.