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Honey Mustard and Garlic Spatchcock Chicken with Sweet Potato and Mint Mash

Spatchcock chicken takes far less cooking time than a regular whole roast chicken so don’t be alarmed! If you are a little bit squeamish about opening up a chicken this way then get your butcher to do it for you, who I am sure will happily oblige. However it is great practice to be able to do it yourself.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Garlic and mint are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,519 recipes mention both. Both carry phellandrene, which smells minty. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4-6
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

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

Directions

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

  1. Garlic + minttop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,519 recipes

    Shared aroma: phellandrene (minty).

  2. Pepper + thymetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together11,585 recipes

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

  3. Chicken + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,839 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  4. Thyme + minttop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together285 recipes

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

  5. Garlic + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together5,608 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the thyme

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, garlic, sunflower, pepper, mustard, honey, sweet potato):

  1. Thymethe original
  2. Gingerabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Rosemaryabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Corianderabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, garlic, sunflower, pepper, mustard, honey, sweet potato. 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).