Name: Easiest Chicken Casserole on the Planet!
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 4 whole Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts; 1 whole White Or Yellow Small Onion Diced Finely; 1 stalk Celery Diced Finely; 1 whole Carrot, Diced Finely; 1 teaspoon Each Salt, Black Pepper, Paprika, Fresh Or Ground Parsley; 2 cans 10 Ounce Cans, Cream Of Mushroom Soup; ½ cups Whole Milk; 2 cups Long Grain Rice

Why it works: Celery and carrot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,173 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

Easiest Chicken Casserole on the Planet!

Serves 4

Prep10 min

Cook30 min

Ingredients

4 whole Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts
1 whole White Or Yellow Small Onion Diced Finely
1 stalk Celery Diced Finely
1 whole Carrot, Diced Finely
1 teaspoon Each Salt, Black Pepper, Paprika, Fresh Or Ground Parsley
2 cans 10 Ounce Cans, Cream Of Mushroom Soup
½ cups Whole Milk
2 cups Long Grain Rice

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

668Calories

48 gProtein

18 gFat

79 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Soup	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.

Celery + carrottop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10,173 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
Chicken + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,172 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).
Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together16,012 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Carrot + peppertop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together14,555 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + carrottop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together21,601 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, celery, carrot, pepper, cream, mushroom, milk):

Potatofits better
Capsicumfits better
Spinachfits better
Onionthe original

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

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