Name: Chicken with Shallots and Morels
Yield: Makes 4 main-course servings
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons rendered chicken fat (schmaltz), duck fat, or vegetable oil, divided; 1 4-pound free-range organic chicken, backbone removed, cut into 8 pieces; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1/2 cup minced shallots; 1 pound fresh morel mushrooms; 1 cup dry white wine; 1 cup low-salt chicken stock; 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

Why it works: Chicken and mushroom are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,172 recipes. Both carry 1-butyl acetate, which smells fruity, banana. The science ↓

Chicken with Shallots and Morels

Makes 4 main-course servings

Ingredients

3 tablespoons rendered chicken fat (schmaltz), duck fat, or vegetable oil, divided
1 4-pound free-range organic chicken, backbone removed, cut into 8 pieces
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup minced shallots
1 pound fresh morel mushrooms
1 cup dry white wine
1 cup low-salt chicken stock
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

762Calories

54 gProtein

51 gFat

15 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Duck	100g cooked with skin	337
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By epicurious. 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.

Chicken + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,172 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).
Shallot + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,982 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Mushroom + white winetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,765 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).
Shallot + white winetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together881 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Pepper + mushroomtop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together13,580 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, pepper, mushroom, white wine, cream):

Capsicumfits better
Potatofits better
Spinachfits better
Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, pepper, mushroom, white wine, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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