Name: BBQ Chicken Ranch Pizza
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 container Pillsbury Artisan Pizza Crust (13 Ounce Tube); ½ cups Weber Real Molasses BBQ Sauce (plus Extra For Basting); ½ cups Ranch Dressing; 2 cups Salt, Pepper And Garlic Powder, To Taste; 3 whole Italian Shredded Cheese; 4 whole Seasoned, Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts; 2 cups Green Onions, Sliced; ½ cups Colby Jack Cheese Shreds

Why it works: Garlic and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

BBQ Chicken Ranch Pizza

Serves 6

Prep10 min

Cook30 min

Ingredients

1 container Pillsbury Artisan Pizza Crust (13 Ounce Tube)
½ cups Weber Real Molasses BBQ Sauce (plus Extra For Basting)
½ cups Ranch Dressing
2 cups Salt, Pepper And Garlic Powder, To Taste
3 whole Italian Shredded Cheese
4 whole Seasoned, Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts
2 cups Green Onions, Sliced
½ cups Colby Jack Cheese Shreds

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

463Calories

40 gProtein

21 gFat

28 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Ranch	1 tbsp (15g) dressing	73
Molasses	1 tbsp (20g)	58
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Pizza	not in our table	0
Sauce	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. 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.

Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Garlic + chickentop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,850 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).
Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,090 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together68,474 recipes

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

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