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Skinny Chicken Pot Pie

A healthy version of chicken pot pie.

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Why it works: Chicken and potato match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,756 recipes mention both. Both carry (z)-4-decenal, which smells green, must. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 8
Prep15 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Bring the chicken broth to a simmer in a large pot. Add the potatoes, carrots and chopped onion and simmer for 8 minutes, until the vegetables begin to soften.

  2. Add the chicken breast cubes and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring often, until the chicken reaches 165°F (74°C) in the thickest piece. Cut one piece to check.

  3. In a bowl, whisk the flour into the milk until smooth. Stir it into the pot with the garlic salt, black pepper, dried rosemary and dried parsley. Simmer 3 minutes, stirring, until thickened.

  4. Stir in the drained sweet peas. Pour the filling into a 2-quart baking dish.

  5. Separate the biscuits and cut each one into quarters. Arrange the pieces over the hot filling.

  6. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until the biscuits are golden and the filling is bubbling. Let rest 5 minutes before serving.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Chicken + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,756 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Potato + oniontop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together9,019 recipes

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

  4. Potato + carrottop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,105 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  5. Potato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,512 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, potato, onion, flour, milk, garlic, pepper):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Chiveabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, potato, onion, flour, milk, garlic, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).