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Cheesy Pretzel Baked Chicken Tenders with Honey Mustard Sauce

By aspicyperspective · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Cheesy Pretzel Baked Chicken Tenders with Honey Mustard Sauce

Why it works: Garlic and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,053 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Cheesy Pretzel Baked Chicken Tenders with Honey Mustard Sauce

14 chicken pops
Prep20 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1006Calories
69 gProtein
26 gFat
120 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saucenot 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 aspicyperspective. 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. Garlic + mustardtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

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

  3. Yogurt + honeytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together660 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  4. Cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,962 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Cheese + mustardtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,805 recipes

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

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, yogurt, cheese, butter, honey, mustard, sauce):

  1. Garlicthe original
  2. Capersfits about as well
  3. Thymefits about as well
  4. Tarragonfits about as well

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