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Yogurt Marinated Grilled Chicken

Juicy, moist, tender chicken breasts marinated with Greek yogurt, red wine vinegar and seasonings. It simply makes the best chicken ever!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Yogurt Marinated Grilled Chicken

Why it works: Pepper and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Yogurt Marinated Grilled Chicken

Serves 4
Prep5 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

275Calories
48 gProtein
4 gFat
8 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
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 tastykitchen. 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. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Red wine + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together575 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  3. Yogurt + vinegartop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together955 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  4. Pepper + vinegartop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Pepper + red winetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,075 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, chicken, yogurt, red wine, vinegar):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Rosemaryfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, chicken, yogurt, red wine, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.