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Chicken with Chinese Flavor

Chicken marinated in soy sauce, ginger, garlic, honey, and sugar, then baked until browned.

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Why it works: Clove and ginger match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,038 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Chicken with Chinese Flavor

Oven350 degrees Fahrenheit

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Mix all the sauce ingredients.

  2. Marinate the chicken in it for a few hours or overnight.

Bake and serve

  1. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees Fahrenheit until brown and cooked through.

  2. Serve with white rice.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

324Calories
32 gProtein
4 gFat
35 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
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.

Explore the science

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. Clove + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,038 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Garlic + gingertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,402 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

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

  4. Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Chicken + gingertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,494 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

What each ingredient does

Chicken pieces
Provides the protein and meat that the marinade flavours and the oven cooks through.
Soy sauce
Adds salt and savoury depth to the marinade and helps the surface brown.
Honey
Adds sweetness and helps the chicken brown richly in the oven.
Dry sherry
Adds aromatic depth to the marinade.
Garlic
Adds pungent aroma to the marinade.

The step that matters

Marinate the chicken in it for a few hours or overnight.. The marinade needs time to penetrate the chicken, so the flavour goes beyond the surface. Sugars and honey in the sauce can scorch if the chicken is over-browned, so watch the colour in the oven.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, sauce, garlic, ginger, sugar, sherry, wine):

  1. Cinnamonfits about as well
  2. Thymefits about as well
  3. Corianderfits about as well
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, sauce, garlic, ginger, sugar, sherry, wine. 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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