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Moroccan Chicken

Chicken cooked with onions, raisins, pine nuts, honey, paprika, salt, and cloves.

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Why it works: Olive and pine match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,062 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Moroccan Chicken

Oven325°F
Time1 hour

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the chicken

  1. Sprinkle the chicken with paprika and salt.

  2. Place the chicken in a pan with either vegetable or olive oil and cook until browned, turning occasionally.

Make the filling

  1. Saute the onions in another pan for about 8 minutes.

  2. Add the raisins, cloves, and pine nuts to the onions and saute for another five minutes.

  3. Remove the pan from the heat and add the honey, leaving it for a minute or so.

Bake and serve

  1. Put the chicken in a baking dish and cover with the mixture.

  2. Bake in a preheated oven at 325°F for 1 hour.

  3. Serve piping hot!

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

656Calories
37 gProtein
38 gFat
49 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Olive1 large (4g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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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. Olive + pinetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,062 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Pine + clovetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together209 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Onion + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  5. Chicken + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,888 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid hexyl ester (sweet, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Chicken
Provides the main protein; browning first builds colour and flavour on the surface.
Onions
Soften and sweeten as they saute, forming the base of the filling.
Raisins
Add sweetness and moisture as they plump during cooking.
Honey
Adds sweetness and gloss, and helps the topping brown in the oven.
Pine nuts
Add richness and a toasty, crunchy texture.

The step that matters

Browning the chicken. Searing the chicken before baking creates browned flavour through the Maillard reaction. Turning it occasionally keeps the colour even, so the pieces don't burn in spots or stay pale.

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, onion, olive, pine, nuts, honey, clove):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Raisinthe original

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

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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