Name: Crockpot Chicken and Chickpea Stew with Tomatoes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 6 h
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 6 pieces Seasoned And Browned Chicken Thighs; 1 whole Small Diced Small Yellow Onion; 2 pieces Seasoned And Browned Split Chicken Breasts; 6 cloves Finely Minced Garlic; 2 whole Small Diced Serrano Peppers; 28 ounces, weight Canned Fire Roasted Tomatoes And Juice; 56 ounces, weight Canned Chickpeas, Strained And Rinsed; 4 cups Chicken Stock; 2 Tablespoons Ground Cumin

Why it works: Chickpea and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 473 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Crockpot Chicken and Chickpea Stew with Tomatoes

Serves 6

Prep20 min

Cook6 hr

Ingredients

6 pieces Seasoned And Browned Chicken Thighs
1 whole Small Diced Small Yellow Onion
2 pieces Seasoned And Browned Split Chicken Breasts
6 cloves Finely Minced Garlic
2 whole Small Diced Serrano Peppers
28 ounces, weight Canned Fire Roasted Tomatoes And Juice
56 ounces, weight Canned Chickpeas, Strained And Rinsed
4 cups Chicken Stock
2 Tablespoons Ground Cumin

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

390Calories

42 gProtein

7 gFat

42 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Chickpea	1/2 cup canned (120g) drained	134
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Cumin	1 tsp ground (2.1g)	8
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	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.

Chickpea + cumintop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together473 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,082 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Garlic + chickpeatop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together813 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Tomato + cumintop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,272 recipes

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

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, onion, garlic, pepper, tomato, chickpea, cumin):

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Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, onion, garlic, pepper, tomato, chickpea, cumin. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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