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Zippy Orange Rosemary Chicken

"This takes chicken to a whole new level! Orange marmalade, horseradish and rosemary married together make this fast and easy chicken recipe a spicy, sweet and savory hit I know your family will love...even on a weeknight."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Orange and rosemary match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 261 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Prep10 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F (204°C) and lightly coat a baking dish with cooking spray.

  2. Season both sides of the chicken breasts generously with salt and pepper and place them in the prepared dish.

  3. In a small bowl, stir together the orange marmalade, prepared horseradish, and dried rosemary until evenly combined.

  4. Spread about half of the marmalade mixture over the chicken breasts.

  5. Bake for 15 minutes, then spoon the remaining marmalade mixture over the chicken.

  6. Bake for another 15 minutes, until the chicken reaches 165°F (74°C) in the thickest part and the glaze is bubbling.

  7. Let the chicken rest for 5 minutes before serving.

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. Orange + rosemarytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together261 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Pepper + rosemarytop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,324 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Pepper + orangetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,402 recipes

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

  4. Chicken + rosemarytop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,075 recipes

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

  5. Pepper + horseradishtop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,646 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the horseradish

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, pepper, orange, rosemary):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Carrotbetter flavor fit
  3. Potatobetter flavor fit
  4. Horseradishthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, pepper, orange, rosemary. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).