Name: Sister Schubert's® Chicken Pot Pie with Bread Topping
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: For the filling:; 5 tablespoons butter, divided; 8 ounces sliced mushrooms; 1 cup chopped onions; 1/2 cup flour; 2 cups chicken broth; 1 cup heavy cream; 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme; 2 tablespoons chopped parsley; 4 cups chopped roasted chicken; 2 cups carrots, cut on an angle, blanched; 1 (10 ounce) package frozen peas, defrosted; 1 cup green beans, cut into 1-inch pieces and blanched (optional); For the topping:; 12 Sister Schubert's Parker House Style Rolls, sliced into 3 sections; 2 tablespoons butter, melted

Why it works: Mushroom and chicken are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,172 recipes. Both carry 1-butyl acetate, which smells fruity, banana. The science ↓

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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.

Mushroom + chickentop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,172 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).
Onion + mustardtop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,259 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Butter + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together12,525 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Onion + chickentop 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

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

Potatofits better
Spinachfits better
Leekfits better
Mustardthe original

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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Pea	1/2 cup (72g)	62
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Mushrooms	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Topping	not in our table	0

Sister Schubert's® Chicken Pot Pie with Bread Topping