Name: Skillet Baked Orange-Brown Sugar-Glazed Sesame Chicken Legs
Prep time: 8 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 whole Valencia Oranges (zest And Juice); 1 Tablespoon Pure Honey; 1 teaspoon Black Pepper; 2 Tablespoons Sweet Cream Butter, Melted; 3 Tablespoons Brown Sugar; 8 whole Chicken Legs, Washed, Dried On Paper Towels; 1 cup Low Sodium Chicken Broth; ¼ cups Sesame Seeds, Lightly Toasted

Why it works: Cream and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 41,516 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Skillet Baked Orange-Brown Sugar-Glazed Sesame Chicken Legs

Serves 4

Prep8 min

Cook45 min

Ingredients

2 whole Valencia Oranges (zest And Juice)
1 Tablespoon Pure Honey
1 teaspoon Black Pepper
2 Tablespoons Sweet Cream Butter, Melted
3 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
8 whole Chicken Legs, Washed, Dried On Paper Towels
1 cup Low Sodium Chicken Broth
¼ cups Sesame Seeds, Lightly Toasted

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

619Calories

33 gProtein

34 gFat

47 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Sesame	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6

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.

Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Chicken + sesametop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together939 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).
Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together43,450 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
Orange + peppertop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,402 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Honey + sesametop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together527 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (honey, pepper, cream, butter, sugar, chicken, sesame):

Coconutfits better
Lemonfits better
Mangofits better
Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against honey, pepper, cream, butter, sugar, chicken, sesame. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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