Name: Roast Chicken with Green Peppercorns and Lemon
Ingredients: 1 Tbs. green peppercorns, plus freshly ground; green peppercorns, to taste; 4 Tbs. (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, at room; temperature; Zest and juice of 1 lemon; 1 tsp. salt, plus more, to taste; 1 chicken, about 5 lb.; 1 lemon, cut into slices 1/4 inch thick

Why it works: Butter and chicken are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 13,902 recipes. Both carry 2-furfurylthiol, which smells coffee, roasted. The science ↓

Roast Chicken with Green Peppercorns and Lemon

Ingredients

1 Tbs. green peppercorns, plus freshly ground
green peppercorns, to taste
4 Tbs. (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, at room
temperature
Zest and juice of 1 lemon
1 tsp. salt, plus more, to taste
1 chicken, about 5 lb.
1 lemon, cut into slices 1/4 inch thick

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

279Calories

32 gProtein

15 gFat

4 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Salt	1 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.

Butter + chickentop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together13,902 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).
Lemon + chickentop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,092 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).
Butter + lemontop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,227 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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 (butter, chicken):

Coconutfits better
Grapefits better
Lemonthe original
Avocadofits about as well

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

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