Wine Poached Chicken, Pear & Walnut Salad

Name: Wine Poached Chicken, Pear & Walnut Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 cups FOR THE WINE POACHED CHICKEN:; 4 Dry White Wine; 4 Sprigs Of Fresh Thyme Or As Desired; 1 teaspoon Sprigs Fresh Rosemary Or As Desired; ½ teaspoons Kosher Salt; 2 whole Whole Black Peppercorns, Or Coarsely Ground Pepper; 2 Tablespoons Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts; ¼ cups FOR THE VINAIGRETTE:; 4 whole Red Wine Vinegar; 1 whole Extra Virgin Olive Oil; 1 whole Coarse Salt And Fresh Ground Pepper To Taste; ½ cups FOR THE SALAD:; 1 ounce, weight Large Escarole Leaves, Washed And Torn

A lovely fresh salad with tender, moist chicken, toasted walnuts and sweet pear—a delicious, satisfying meal!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients

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Why it works: Thyme and rosemary match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,340 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Wine Poached Chicken, Pear & Walnut Salad

Serves 4

Prep15 min

Cook30 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

332Calories

32 gProtein

18 gFat

6 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Rosemary	1 tsp dried (1.2g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Salad	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. 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.

Thyme + rosemarytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,340 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
White wine + red winetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together97 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,585 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Rosemary + peppertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,324 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Rosemary + red winetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together320 recipes

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

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