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Butterflied Roasted Turkey with Butternut Squash Stuffing Recipe

In this one-pan Thanksgiving turkey and stuffing recipe, a butterflied turkey and butternut squash stuffing roast in less than 2 hours.

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Butterflied Roasted Turkey with Butternut Squash Stuffing Recipe

Why it works: Celery and mustard are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,169 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Butterflied Roasted Turkey with Butternut Squash Stuffing Recipe

8 servings
Cook2 hr 40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

785Calories
46 gProtein
17 gFat
109 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
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Celery Stalks1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot 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 chow. 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. Celery + mustardtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,169 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Celery + thymetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,193 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Butternut squash + mustardtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together50 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Thyme + mustardtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together913 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the butternut squash

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, celery, onion, thyme, pepper, bread, mustard):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Avocadofits about as well
  4. Butternut squashthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, celery, onion, thyme, pepper, bread, mustard. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.