Name: Chicken Pizza
Yield: Serves 12 to 14
Ingredients: 2 13.8-ounce cans premade pizza crust dough; 4 tablespoons olive oil; 2 teaspoons minced garlic; 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (about 8 ounces); 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (about 8 ounces); 1 bell pepper, cored, seeded, and cut into strips; 1 red onion, sliced vertically; 3 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, grilled and diced; 6 slices bacon, cooked until crisp and crumbled

Why it works: Mozzarella cheese and cheddar cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 271 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Chicken Pizza

Serves 12 to 14

Ingredients

2 13.8-ounce cans premade pizza crust dough
4 tablespoons olive oil
2 teaspoons minced garlic
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (about 8 ounces)
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (about 8 ounces)
1 bell pepper, cored, seeded, and cut into strips
1 red onion, sliced vertically
3 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, grilled and diced
6 slices bacon, cooked until crisp and crumbled

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

604Calories

50 gProtein

36 gFat

18 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Mozzarella Cheese	1 oz (28g)	85
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bacon	1 slice cooked (8g)	43
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Pizza	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By epicurious. 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.

Mozzarella cheese + cheddar cheesetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together271 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Olive + mozzarella cheesetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,773 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Garlic + chickentop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,850 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, garlic, mozzarella cheese, cheddar cheese, pepper, chicken):

Tomatofits better
Capsicumfits better
Potatofits about as well
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, garlic, mozzarella cheese, cheddar cheese, pepper, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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