Name: Crockpot White Chicken Chili
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 2 h
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 whole Skinless Chicken Breasts, Cooked And Shredded; 2 cans (15 1/3 Oz. Size) Northern White Beans, Drained; 2 cups Salsa Verde; 1 whole Medium Yellow Onion, Diced; 6 cups Chicken Broth

Why it works: Beans and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,242 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Crockpot White Chicken Chili

Serves 8

Prep15 min

Cook2 hr

Ingredients

2 whole Skinless Chicken Breasts, Cooked And Shredded
2 cans (15 1/3 Oz. Size) Northern White Beans, Drained
2 cups Salsa Verde
1 whole Medium Yellow Onion, Diced
6 cups Chicken Broth

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

231Calories

33 gProtein

4 gFat

15 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Bean	not in our table	0

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.

Beans + oniontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,242 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Chicken + beanstop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,432 recipes

Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, onion):

Sesamefits better
Peanutfits about as well
Beansthe original
Cashew nutfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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