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Roasted Chicken Thighs with Cherry-Thyme Compote

In this dish, fresh sweet cherries, a summer favorite, are lightly cooked to make chunky compote flavored with herbal thyme and enriched with the chicken’s pan juices. Balsamic vinegar and brown sugar add hints of caramel-like flavor. The compote’s lively taste balances the rich flavor of the burnished-brown roasted chicken thighs.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Roasted Chicken Thighs with Cherry-Thyme Compote

Why it works: Thyme and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,476 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Roasted Chicken Thighs with Cherry-Thyme Compote

Serves 4.

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

440Calories
33 gProtein
18 gFat
39 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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

By williamssonoma. 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. Thyme + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,476 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

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

  3. Olive + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,948 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  4. Olive + chickentop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,888 recipes

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

  5. Olive + shallottop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,659 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, thyme, pepper, chicken, vinegar, sugar):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Mustardfits better
  4. Shallotthe original

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