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Caraway Chicken Breasts with Sweet-and-Sour Red Cabbage

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Caraway Chicken Breasts with Sweet-and-Sour Red Cabbage

Why it works: Allspice and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 386 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Caraway Chicken Breasts with Sweet-and-Sour Red Cabbage

Makes 2 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

484Calories
39 gProtein
21 gFat
35 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
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Allspice1 tsp ground (1.9g)5
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Caraway Seednot 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 epicurious. 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. Allspice + shallottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together386 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Caraway + cabbagetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together60 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Caraway + allspicetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together69 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Chicken + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,888 recipes

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

  5. Caraway + shallottop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the caraway

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (allspice, chicken, olive, cabbage, shallot, vinegar, sugar):

  1. Tarragonfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Carawaythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against allspice, chicken, olive, cabbage, shallot, vinegar, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.