Name: Southwest Chicken Bake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 31 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 2 1/2 tablespoons TACO BELL® HOME ORIGINALS® Taco Seasoning Mix; 1 pound boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite-size pieces; 2 tablespoons KRAFT Light Zesty Italian Dressing; 1 cup canned no-salt-added black beans, rinsed; 1/2 cup frozen corn; 2 green onions, chopped; 1 cup TACO BELL® HOME ORIGINALS® Thick 'N Chunky Salsa; 1/2 cup KRAFT Mexican Style 2% Milk Finely Shredded Four Cheese; 2 2/3 cups hot cooked long-grain brown rice

Why it works: Beans and corn match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,211 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Southwest Chicken Bake

4 servings

Prep10 min

Cook31 min

Ingredients

2 1/2 tablespoons TACO BELL® HOME ORIGINALS® Taco Seasoning Mix
1 pound boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite-size pieces
2 tablespoons KRAFT Light Zesty Italian Dressing
1 cup canned no-salt-added black beans, rinsed
1/2 cup frozen corn
2 green onions, chopped
1 cup TACO BELL® HOME ORIGINALS® Thick 'N Chunky Salsa
1/2 cup KRAFT Mexican Style 2% Milk Finely Shredded Four Cheese
2 2/3 cups hot cooked long-grain brown rice

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

890Calories

63 gProtein

23 gFat

109 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Black Bean	1/2 cup canned (120g) drained	114
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Corn	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Taco	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.

Beans + corntop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,211 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
Beans + ricetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,017 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Chicken + ricetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,769 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).
Corn + ricetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together933 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Beans + oniontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,242 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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 (chicken, beans, corn, milk, cheese, rice):

Potatofits better
Tomatofits better
Capsicumfits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, beans, corn, milk, cheese, rice. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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