Name: Skillet Chicken Parmigiana
Prep time: 8 min
Cook time: 50 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 2 Tablespoons Lightly Salted Butter; 2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil; 2 whole (8 Oz. Size) Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts; 1 whole Small Onion, Sliced Thinly; ½ teaspoons Black Pepper; 1 jar (24 Oz. Size) Tomato Sauce (Your Favorite Brand Or Homemade Sauce); 1 package (16 Oz. Size) Shredded Mozzarella Cheese; ½ teaspoons Fresh Chopped Basil (to Garnish)

Why it works: Olive and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Skillet Chicken Parmigiana

Serves 2

Prep8 min

Cook50 min

Ingredients

2 Tablespoons Lightly Salted Butter
2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 whole (8 Oz. Size) Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts
1 whole Small Onion, Sliced Thinly
½ teaspoons Black Pepper
1 jar (24 Oz. Size) Tomato Sauce (Your Favorite Brand Or Homemade Sauce)
1 package (16 Oz. Size) Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
½ teaspoons Fresh Chopped Basil (to Garnish)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

544Calories

40 gProtein

35 gFat

17 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Mozzarella Cheese	1 oz (28g)	85
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Basil	5 leaves fresh (2.5g)	1
Sauce	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.

Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,539 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Tomato + basiltop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,979 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Olive + basiltop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,063 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Pepper + basiltop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,294 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).
Olive + mozzarella cheesetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,773 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

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 (butter, olive, chicken, pepper, tomato, mozzarella cheese, basil):

Capsicumfits better
Eggplantfits better
Potatofits better
Onionthe original

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

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