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Stuffed Chicken Breast with Brie and Broccoli

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Broccoli and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,072 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Stuffed Chicken Breast with Brie and Broccoli

Serves 1
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

616Calories
40 gProtein
30 gFat
51 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
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Brienot 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 bbcfood. 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. Broccoli + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,072 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Broccoli + sweet potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together86 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Broccoli + dilltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together132 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  5. Olive + broccolitop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,460 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 dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, olive, brie, butter, broccoli, garlic, sweet potato):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Rosemaryfits better
  4. Dillthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, olive, brie, butter, broccoli, garlic, sweet potato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.