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Moroccan Braised Chicken

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Moroccan Braised Chicken

Why it works: Chicken and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,888 recipes. Both carry acetic acid hexyl ester, which smells sweet, green. The science ↓

Moroccan Braised Chicken

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

487Calories
38 gProtein
18 gFat
42 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Couscous1 cup cooked (157g)176
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apricot1 medium (35g)17
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Olive1 large (4g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saucenot 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 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. Chicken + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,888 recipes

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

  2. Olive + apricottop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together433 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  3. Pepper + olivetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,263 recipes

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

  4. Canola oil + olivetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together245 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  5. Chicken + canola oiltop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together545 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the apricot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, pepper, canola oil, sauce, olive):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Apricotthe original

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