Name: Country Fried Chicken Without the Fried
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 3 cups Cups Low Fat Or No Fat Buttermilk; 3 Tablespoons Hot Sauce; 4 pieces Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts; 2 cups Whole Wheat (unseasoned) Breadcrumbs; 1 Tablespoon Paprika; 2 Tablespoons Chopped Fresh Dill; 1-½ teaspoon Salt (or More To Taste); ½ teaspoons Pepper Or To Taste

Why it works: Buttermilk and sauce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 129 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Country Fried Chicken Without the Fried

Serves 4

Prep15 min

Cook45 min

Ingredients

3 cups Cups Low Fat Or No Fat Buttermilk
3 Tablespoons Hot Sauce
4 pieces Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts
2 cups Whole Wheat (unseasoned) Breadcrumbs
1 Tablespoon Paprika
2 Tablespoons Chopped Fresh Dill
1-½ teaspoon Salt (or More To Taste)
½ teaspoons Pepper Or To Taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

787Calories

53 gProtein

13 gFat

110 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Wheat	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.

Buttermilk + saucetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together129 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Dill + peppertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,630 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Wheat + dilltop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together42 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl isobutyrate (flower).
Chicken + wheattop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together296 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).
Buttermilk + dilltop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together83 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Swap the dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (buttermilk, sauce, chicken, wheat, pepper):

Garlicfits better
Dillthe original
Tarragonfits about as well
Parsleyfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against buttermilk, sauce, chicken, wheat, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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