Name: Baked Parmesan Risotto
Prep time: 8 min
Cook time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: ½ cups Grated Parmesan Cheese; ¼ cups Finely Chopped Yellow Onion; 2 cups Whole Milk; 1 can 10 Ounce Can, Cream Of Chicken Soup; 1 cup Instant Long Grain Rice; ¼ teaspoons Each: Salt, Black Pepper, Parsley

Why it works: Pepper and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Baked Parmesan Risotto

Serves 4

Prep8 min

Cook35 min

Ingredients

½ cups Grated Parmesan Cheese
¼ cups Finely Chopped Yellow Onion
2 cups Whole Milk
1 can 10 Ounce Can, Cream Of Chicken Soup
1 cup Instant Long Grain Rice
¼ teaspoons Each: Salt, Black Pepper, Parsley

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

732Calories

55 gProtein

25 gFat

70 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
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.

Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Chicken + ricetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,769 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).
Milk + ricetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7,374 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Onion + chickentop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Onion + parsleytop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,843 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (parmesan cheese, onion, milk, cream, chicken, rice, pepper):

Garlicfits better
Celeryfits better
Turmericfits about as well
Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against parmesan cheese, onion, milk, cream, chicken, rice, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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