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Bacon-wrapped Chicken with Leeks, Peas and Basil Recipe

This is bound to be popular: bacon-wrapped chicken, with wintery veg and basil for freshness.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Leek and peas match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 249 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Bacon-wrapped Chicken with Leeks, Peas and Basil Recipe

4 people
Prep5 min
Cook35 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

435Calories
39 gProtein
21 gFat
21 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Sunflower Oilnot 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 lovefood. 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. Leek + peastop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together249 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Basil + sunflowertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together82 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Basil + leektop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together45 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Chicken + leektop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together165 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

  5. Sunflower + peastop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together108 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

Swap the leek

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, basil, sunflower, peas):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Asparagusfits better
  4. Leekthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, basil, sunflower, peas. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.