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Lemon-Cured Chicken

This Lemon-Cured Chicken gets a rub down with herbs, sugar, garlic, and lemon zest ahead of time, infusing it with flavor.

By bonappetit · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Lemon-Cured Chicken

Why it works: Rosemary and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,340 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Lemon-Cured Chicken

4 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

249Calories
32 gProtein
4 gFat
22 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
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 bonappetit. 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. Rosemary + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,340 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  2. Oregano + rosemarytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together344 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Oregano + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together791 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Lemon + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,973 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Rosemary + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together845 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, garlic, oregano, rosemary, lemon, pepper, thyme):

  1. Marjoramfits better
  2. Basilfits better
  3. Sagefits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, garlic, oregano, rosemary, lemon, pepper, thyme. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.