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Chicken Marbella

This classic 80′s dish is perfect for entertaining and will have your guests asking for seconds.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Chicken Marbella

Why it works: Garlic and oregano are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,756 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Chicken Marbella

Serves 6
Prep20 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

384Calories
32 gProtein
18 gFat
18 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Olive1 large (4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Capers1 tbsp (9g) drained2
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Prunenot in our table0

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. Garlic + oreganotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,756 recipes

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

  2. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Olive + caperstop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,688 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Oregano + caperstop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together133 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Oregano + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,443 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

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

Swap the capers

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, oregano, pepper, red wine, vinegar, olive, sugar):

  1. Rosemaryfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Basilfits better
  4. Capersthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, oregano, pepper, red wine, vinegar, olive, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.