Name: Stroganoff-Style Chicken
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into strips; 2 cups sliced mushrooms; 1 medium onion, chopped; 1 (10.75 ounce) can Campbell's® Healthy Request® Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup; 1/2 cup plain nonfat yogurt; 1/4 cup water; 4 cups hot cooked medium egg noodles, cooked without salt; Paprika

Why it works: Chicken and mushroom 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 ↓

Stroganoff-Style Chicken

4 servings

Prep15 min

Cook25 min

Ingredients

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into strips
2 cups sliced mushrooms
1 medium onion, chopped
1 (10.75 ounce) can Campbell's® Healthy Request® Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup
1/2 cup plain nonfat yogurt
1/4 cup water
4 cups hot cooked medium egg noodles, cooked without salt
Paprika

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

572Calories

58 gProtein

29 gFat

19 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 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
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Mushrooms	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Soup	not in our table	0
Water	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.

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.

Chicken + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,172 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).
Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Mushroom + oniontop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,626 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Mushroom + yogurttop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together544 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).
Mushroom + creamtop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together4,500 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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, mushroom, cream, yogurt, egg):

Potatofits better
Asparagusfits better
Spinachfits better
Onionthe original

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

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