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Spinach and Chicken Hash Brown Patties

Nicely crusted outside, tender inside. Filled with spinach, chicken, and cheese, these hash brown patties are not just for breakfast. They are also a great snack or lunch on-the-go. Reheats in minutes.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Spinach and Chicken Hash Brown Patties

Why it works: Spinach and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,435 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Spinach and Chicken Hash Brown Patties

Serves 20
Prep10 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

611Calories
53 gProtein
41 gFat
6 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Tabasco Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
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. Spinach + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,435 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Spinach + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,971 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Spinach + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,400 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

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

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

Swap the spinach

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cheese, chicken, pepper, garlic, egg, olive):

  1. Tomatofits about as well
  2. Capsicumfits about as well
  3. Spinachthe original
  4. Potatofits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against cheese, chicken, pepper, garlic, egg, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.