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Parchment-Baked Chicken with New Potatoes, Peas and Tarragon

Tarragon lends its sweet anise notes to the buttery juices of mild-tasting chicken breasts baked in parchment paper. Spring’s fresh English peas and newly harvested potatoes add substance and bright color to this simple, light and fresh dish.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Parchment-Baked Chicken with New Potatoes, Peas and Tarragon

Why it works: Tarragon and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 602 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Parchment-Baked Chicken with New Potatoes, Peas and Tarragon

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

533Calories
40 gProtein
16 gFat
53 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Tarragon1 tsp dried (0.5g)2
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. Tarragon + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together602 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Mustard + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together859 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Mustard + tarragontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together901 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyleugenol (clove, spice).

  4. Pepper + tarragontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,399 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Shallot + peastop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together173 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, pepper, butter, mustard, tarragon, shallot, potato):

  1. Lentilsfits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Chestnutfits better
  4. Peasthe original

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