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Swiss Chicken Bake

My family loved almost everything about this dish! They could’ve done without the top layer but you decide for your family which way to make it. (Note: Photo shows the dish without the topping.)

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Swiss Chicken Bake

Why it works: Parmesan cheese and swiss cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 151 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Swiss Chicken Bake

Serves 6
Prep20 min
Cook35 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

725Calories
72 gProtein
39 gFat
16 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Chicken100g cooked165
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Swiss Cheese1 oz (28g)108
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Wheatnot in our table0
Toppingnot 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 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. Parmesan cheese + swiss cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together151 recipes

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

  2. Spinach + nutmegtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together603 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Chicken + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,172 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).

  4. Mushroom + swiss cheesetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together136 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  5. Spinach + mushroomtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together778 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

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

Swap the nutmeg

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, spinach, chicken, parmesan cheese, pepper, mushroom, swiss cheese):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Oreganofits better
  4. Nutmegthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, spinach, chicken, parmesan cheese, pepper, mushroom, swiss cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.