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Tuscan Chicken Simmer

"A quick but flavorful dish is on the table in under half an hour when you use pesto and cream cheese to make a sauce for chicken breasts. Cherry tomatoes add color, and a 5-cheese blend adds extra flavor."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Tuscan Chicken Simmer

Why it works: Cream cheese and cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 473 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Tuscan Chicken Simmer

4 servings
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

548Calories
43 gProtein
24 gFat
45 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
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Waternot 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.

By allrecipes. 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. Cream cheese + cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together473 recipes

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

  2. Grape + cheesetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together266 recipes

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

  3. Chicken + grapetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together819 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  4. Chicken + cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,936 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  5. Cream cheese + grapetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together176 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Swap the grape

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

  1. Grapethe original
  2. Coconutfits about as well
  3. Pineapplefits less well
  4. Applefits less well

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