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Skillet Chicken and Apple Stuffing

"Tender, browned chicken breasts are served atop stuffing with lots of celery and apples, and sprinkled with Cheddar cheese."

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Skillet Chicken and Apple Stuffing

Why it works: Olive and chicken 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 ↓

Skillet Chicken and Apple Stuffing

4 servings
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

618Calories
39 gProtein
40 gFat
27 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Stuffingnot 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.

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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. Olive + chickentop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,888 recipes

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

  2. Olive + celerytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,667 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Apple + cheddar cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together133 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Celery + appletop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,155 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  5. Chicken + cheddar cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,312 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

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

Swap the apple

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

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Limefits about as well
  4. Applethe original

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