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Chicken Alfredo Gnocchi Bake with Bacon

Perfect for a weeknight meal, this casserole is hearty, rich and flavorful!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Why it works: Garlic and chicken are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 10,839 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 10
Prep15 min
Cook35 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, 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. Garlic + chickentop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,839 recipes

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

  2. Cream cheese + parmesan cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together312 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Butter + milktop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together81,222 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  4. Butter + cream cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,746 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Butter + parmesan cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,158 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, butter, cream cheese, garlic, milk, cream, parmesan cheese):

  1. Pepperbetter flavor fit
  2. Celerybetter flavor fit
  3. Nutmegbetter flavor fit
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, butter, cream cheese, garlic, milk, cream, parmesan cheese. 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).