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Maple Dijon Roasted Chicken

Roasted chicken with a delicious maple Dijon mustard glaze and peppered with rosemary for a woodsy finish.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Maple Dijon Roasted Chicken

Why it works: Rosemary and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,324 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Maple Dijon Roasted Chicken

Serves 6
Prep10 min
Cook2 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

274Calories
33 gProtein
4 gFat
26 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 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 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. Rosemary + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,324 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Mustard + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,259 recipes

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

  3. Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  4. Mustard + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,430 recipes

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

  5. Mustard + rosemarytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together315 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyleugenol (clove, spice).

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 (maple syrup, mustard, rosemary, chicken, pepper):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Sweet potatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against maple syrup, mustard, rosemary, chicken, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.