Name: Savory Skillet Chicken and Rice
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon butter; 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into cubes; 1 (10.75 ounce) can Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup (Regular, 98% Fat Free or 25% Less Sodium); 1 cup milk; 1 tablespoon onion flakes; 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves, crushed; 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper; 1 (16 ounce) can green beans, drained; 2 cups uncooked instant white rice

Why it works: Thyme and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,585 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Savory Skillet Chicken and Rice

4 servings

Prep5 min

Cook25 min

Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into cubes
1 (10.75 ounce) can Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup (Regular, 98% Fat Free or 25% Less Sodium)
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon onion flakes
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves, crushed
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 (16 ounce) can green beans, drained
2 cups uncooked instant white rice

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

773Calories

49 gProtein

30 gFat

78 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Soup	not in our table	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.

Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,585 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Onion + thymetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,171 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

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

Swap the green beans

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

Potatofits better
Leekfits better
Capsicumfits better
Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, chicken, cream, milk, onion, thyme, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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