Name: Dijon & Thyme Roasted Chicken Drumsticks Recipe
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: ¼ cup Dijon mustard; 2 tbsp minced shallots; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme; ½ tsp salt; ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper; 8 chicken drumsticks, skin on; Kosher salt & freshly ground black pepper; 2 tbsp olive oil

Why it works: Mustard and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 859 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Dijon & Thyme Roasted Chicken Drumsticks Recipe

Serves 4 to 6

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

345Calories

33 gProtein

18 gFat

14 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Salt	1 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 cookincanuck. 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.

Mustard + shallottop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together859 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Shallot + thymetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,476 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Clove + thymetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,108 recipes

Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).
Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,585 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 (mustard, shallot, garlic, thyme, pepper, chicken, olive):

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Parsleyfits better
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Fit is the average pairing score against mustard, shallot, garlic, thyme, pepper, chicken, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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