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Quin-wow and Superb Herb Chicken

Amazing chicken that’s low in calories but high in flavor!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 18 ingredients
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Why it works: Quinoa and green beans work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and 4 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep5 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Quinoa + green beanstop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together4 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Thyme + rosemarytop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,340 recipes

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

  3. Basil + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,768 recipes

    Shared aroma: terpineol (pine, woody).

  4. Basil + rosemarytop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together352 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, lemon, vinegar, garlic, basil, thyme, rosemary):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Potatobetter flavor fit
  3. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, lemon, vinegar, garlic, basil, thyme, rosemary. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).