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Caprese Stuffed Chicken Breasts

A tender, grilled chicken breast stuffed with tomatoes, basil and cheese and topped with a balsamic glaze and fresh basil.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Caprese Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Why it works: Pepper and basil match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,294 recipes. Both carry methyl cinnamate, which smells strawberry. The science ↓

Caprese Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook13 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

396Calories
41 gProtein
11 gFat
37 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1

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. Pepper + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  2. Cherry tomato + basiltop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Basil + mozzarella cheesetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,010 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  4. Pepper + cherry tomatotop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18 recipes

    Shared aroma: butanol (wine).

  5. Chicken + basiltop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,514 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, pepper, basil, mozzarella cheese):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, pepper, basil, mozzarella cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.