Name: Tanya's Louisiana Southern Fried Chicken
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 (3 pound) whole chicken, cut into 6 pieces; 2 eggs, beaten; 1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk; 2 teaspoons salt; 2 teaspoons ground black pepper; 2 teaspoons garlic powder; 2 teaspoons onion powder; 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil for frying

Why it works: Garlic and onion 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 ↓

Tanya's Louisiana Southern Fried Chicken

6 servings

Prep10 min

Cook20 min

Ingredients

1 (3 pound) whole chicken, cut into 6 pieces
2 eggs, beaten
1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons ground black pepper
2 teaspoons garlic powder
2 teaspoons onion powder
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil for frying

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1020Calories

60 gProtein

32 gFat

120 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	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.

Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,850 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).
Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,090 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together68,474 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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, egg, evaporated milk, pepper, garlic, flour):

Capsicumfits better
Spinachfits better
Chivefits about as well
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, egg, evaporated milk, pepper, garlic, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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