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Chicken and Bacon Ranch Pizza

A truly awesome pizza layered with pesto, cheese and chicken, topped with smoky bacon and finished with a drizzle of ranch dressing.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Chicken and Bacon Ranch Pizza

Why it works: Mozzarella cheese and chicken work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 600 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Chicken and Bacon Ranch Pizza

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

705Calories
50 gProtein
11 gFat
96 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Pizzanot in our table0
Saucenot 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. Mozzarella cheese + chickentop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together600 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Sauce + mozzarella cheesetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together804 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanoic acid (soapy, waxy).

  3. Flour + saucetop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,078 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Sauce + chickentop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,513 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Flour + mozzarella cheesetop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,005 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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