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Spicy Chicken Marsala

"Spicy chicken Marsala will make your guests beg for more. Juicy chicken breasts simmer slowly in Marsala wine with fire-roasted tomatoes."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Spicy Chicken Marsala

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Spicy Chicken Marsala

6 servings
Prep15 min
Cook1 hr 50 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

536Calories
47 gProtein
28 gFat
18 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Clove + rosemarytop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together519 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Garlic + rosemarytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,180 recipes

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

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, shallot, onion, garlic, tomato, wine, rosemary):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Oreganofits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, shallot, onion, garlic, tomato, wine, rosemary. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.