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Roast Lemon-Parsley Chicken Drums and Carrots with Fettuccine

"For the perfect pasta and chicken meal, roast drumsticks with baby carrots, scallions, and grated lemon zest; toss with fettuccine; serve and enjoy."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Roast Lemon-Parsley Chicken Drums and Carrots with Fettuccine

Why it works: Carrot and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,053 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Roast Lemon-Parsley Chicken Drums and Carrots with Fettuccine

4 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

366Calories
33 gProtein
17 gFat
20 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
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. Carrot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

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

  3. Olive + parsleytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,649 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Olive + lemontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,922 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Olive + chickentop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,888 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid hexyl ester (sweet, green).

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

Swap the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, chicken, parsley, lemon):

  1. Tomatofits about as well
  2. Spinachfits about as well
  3. Capsicumfits about as well
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, chicken, parsley, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.