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Quick and Easy Chicken Divan

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By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Quick and Easy Chicken Divan

Why it works: Broccoli and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 809 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Quick and Easy Chicken Divan

6 servings
Prep15 min
Cook50 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1381Calories
66 gProtein
51 gFat
157 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Soupnot in our table0

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.

  1. Broccoli + lemontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together809 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Cheddar cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,436 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Broccoli + cheddar cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together447 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexyl acetate (fruity, apple).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (broccoli, chicken, cream, sherry, bread, cheddar cheese, butter):

  1. Applefits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Pineapplefits better
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against broccoli, chicken, cream, sherry, bread, cheddar cheese, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.