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Sunday Sticky Chicken

"This is my variation on Maryland-style fried chicken. Serve with hot rice and a green vegetable."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Sunday Sticky Chicken

Why it works: Chicken and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and 4,389 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-hexanal, which smells fruit. The science ↓

Sunday Sticky Chicken

4 to 6 servings
Prep20 min
Cook1 hr

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Chicken + milktop 13% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together4,389 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).

  2. Flour + milktop 14% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together78,219 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Pepper + chickentop 16% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,958 recipes

    Shared aroma: piperonal (bitter, coconut).

  4. Flour + peppertop 19% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together50,459 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Pepper + milktop 22% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together26,984 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

Flour and milk share little aroma chemistry, yet 78,219 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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