Name: Stuffed Portabella À LA Cajun
Ingredients: 2 large portabello mushrooms (stem and gills removed); 1 (8 ounces) chicken breasts; 6 cloves garlic, smashed; 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt; 1/2 cup mashed red potatoes; 1 tablespoon dry milk; 2 tablespoons water; 1 teaspoon butter; 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil; 1 tablespoon butter; 3 tablespoons celery, chopped fine; 2 tablespoons shallots, chopped fine; 2 tablespoons green peppers, chopped fine; 1/2 teaspoon basil; 1/2 teaspoon cajun seasoning or creole seasoning (contains cayenne); salt and pepper; 2 tablespoons white wine (I used Chardonnay); paprika

Why it works: Garlic and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

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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.

Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Mushroom + chickentop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,172 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).
Garlic + potatotop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,517 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Mushroom + garlictop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,700 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Mushroom + olivetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,571 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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mushroom, chicken, garlic, potato, milk, butter, olive):

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Fit is the average pairing score against mushroom, chicken, garlic, potato, milk, butter, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Cayenne	1 tsp (1.8g)	6
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Basil	5 leaves fresh (2.5g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0

Stuffed Portabella À LA Cajun