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Chicken Braised with Sautéed Kale, Chickpeas and Tomatoes

Our healthful braising sauce is the easy answer to the question, “what’s for dinner tonight?” This one-pot dish is a snap to make using a slow cooker.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Chicken and kale work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and 215 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-methylbutyraldehyde, which smells malty, chocolate. The science ↓

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Chicken + kaletop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together215 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

  2. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,164 recipes

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

  3. Chickpea + tomatotop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together537 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  4. Olive + chickpeatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together942 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl butyrate (fruity, apple).

  5. Chicken + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together6,027 recipes

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

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