Name: Braised Chicken with Succotash
Ingredients: 1 chicken, 4 to 4 1/2 lb., backbone removed, chicken cut into 10 pieces; Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste; 1 Tbs. unsalted butter; 3 Tbs. olive oil; 2 yellow onions, diced; 1 carrot, peeled and diced; 2 celery stalks, diced; 3/4 cup white wine; 4 1/2 cups chicken stock, plus more as needed; 6 bay leaves; 4 oz. bacon, diced; 2 cups fresh corn kernels; 1 1/2 cups sliced okra; 1 small shallot, finely diced; 1 1/2 Tbs. minced garlic; 8 oz. dried navy beans, soaked in water overnight and drained; 8 oz. dried black-eyed peas, soaked in water overnight and drained; 3 Tbs. chopped fresh chives; Lemon wedges for serving

Why it works: Carrot and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,173 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

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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.

Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10,173 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
Pepper + celerytop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together16,012 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Pepper + carrottop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together14,555 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + carrottop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together21,601 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + celerytop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,518 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, pepper, butter, olive, onion, carrot, white wine):

Thymefits better
Garlicfits better
Parsleyfits better
Celerythe original

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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Navy Bean	1/2 cup (91g) cooked	127
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Corn	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bacon	1 slice cooked (8g)	43
Okra	1 cup (100g)	33
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Celery Stalks	1 stalk (40g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Bay Leaf	1 leaf (0.6g)	2
Chives	1 tbsp (3g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0
Black-Eyed Pea	not in our table	0

Braised Chicken with Succotash