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Strawberry Balsamic Chicken

"Savory, sweet and simply divine. This stunning dish marries two amazing flavors in an amazing way, for easy but high-class food. Best when marinated for up to 24 hours in the fridge, but this recipe is designed for only an hour."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Strawberry Balsamic Chicken

Why it works: Yogurt and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,920 recipes. Both carry isoamyl acetate, which smells banana, fruity. The science ↓

Strawberry Balsamic Chicken

4 servings
Prep1 hr
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

510Calories
50 gProtein
18 gFat
38 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Peppermintnot in our table0

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. Yogurt + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,920 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  2. Chicken + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,888 recipes

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

  3. Pepper + cinnamontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,890 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  4. Sugar + cinnamontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together30,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Strawberry + yogurttop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together509 recipes

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

Sugar and cinnamon barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 30,779 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the strawberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (yogurt, vinegar, sugar, pepper, cinnamon, chicken, olive):

  1. Cherryfits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Strawberrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against yogurt, vinegar, sugar, pepper, cinnamon, chicken, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.