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Vermouth Tarragon Chicken

"Delicious boneless chicken breast with a very distinct flavor - even my picky children love this! Can be cooked either on grill or stovetop. Serve with rice and a salad."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Chicken and tarragon work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 559 recipes mention both. Both carry anethole, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Prep5 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Pat the chicken breast halves dry with paper towels and sprinkle both sides evenly with the lemon pepper.

  2. Heat 3 tablespoons of the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook 5 to 6 minutes per side until golden brown.

  3. Pour the dry vermouth into the skillet and scrape up the browned bits. Bring to a simmer, then cover, reduce the heat to medium-low and cook 10 to 12 minutes.

  4. Check that the thickest part of each chicken breast reaches 165°F (74°C). Transfer the chicken to a plate and loosely tent with foil.

  5. Increase the heat to medium and let the pan liquid simmer 2 minutes until slightly reduced. Stir in the chopped tarragon, then remove from the heat.

  6. Whisk the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil into the pan sauce, spoon it over the chicken and serve warm.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Chicken + tarragontop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together559 recipes

    Shared aroma: anethole (sweet, anise).

  2. Lemon + tarragontop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together884 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Lemon + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,039 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Pepper + tarragontop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,691 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Chicken + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together10,796 recipes

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

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