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Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken Breast

Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken Breast is filled with a bunch of cheese and diced jalapeno!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken Breast

Why it works: Jalapeno and flour match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 561 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken Breast

Serves 2
Prep15 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

914Calories
59 gProtein
29 gFat
98 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Jalapeno Pepper1 pepper (14g)4

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.

  1. Jalapeno + flourtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together561 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Cream cheese + cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together473 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Cheese + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,130 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  5. Chicken + breadtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,258 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity).

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

Swap the jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, cream cheese, cheese, pepper, flour, bread, egg):

  1. Nutmegfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Jalapenothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, cream cheese, cheese, pepper, flour, bread, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.