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Oven-Fried Chicken

Pump up the flavor with this delicious, healthier oven-fried chicken.

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Chicken and milk match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 4,387 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-hexanal, which smells fruit. The science ↓

The recipe

5 servings
Prep5 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C). Brush a baking dish with about half of the melted butter.

  2. In a shallow dish, mix the flour, seasoned salt, oregano and ground black pepper.

  3. Pat the chicken dry. If the pieces are very thick, slice them horizontally so they are an even thickness.

  4. Dip each piece of chicken in the milk, letting the excess drip off, then coat it well in the flour mixture.

  5. Arrange the coated chicken in the baking dish without crowding and drizzle the remaining melted butter over the top.

  6. Bake for 20 minutes until golden brown. Check the thickest piece with a thermometer; it must reach 165°F (74°C). If not, bake a few minutes more.

  7. Let the chicken rest for 3 minutes before serving.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Chicken + milktop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,387 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).

  2. Milk + buttertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together81,222 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Oregano + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Flour + buttertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together122,858 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Chicken + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together13,869 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

Flour and butter share little aroma chemistry, yet 122,858 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Flavor stand-ins for the oregano

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

  1. Cinnamonbetter flavor fit
  2. Thymebetter flavor fit
  3. Cardamombetter flavor fit
  4. Oreganothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, pepper, chicken, milk, butter. 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).