Name: Chicken Stuffed with Mushrooms, Raisins and Prunes
Ingredients: a chicken; dried mushrooms, raisins and prunes in equal quantities; rice; butter,salt, pepper

Why it works: Chicken and mushroom are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,172 recipes. Both carry 1-butyl acetate, which smells fruity, banana. The science ↓

Chicken Stuffed with Mushrooms, Raisins and Prunes

Time50 minutes

Ingredients

a chicken
dried mushrooms, raisins and prunes in equal quantities
rice
butter,salt, pepper

Directions

Prepare

Put the mushrooms, raisins, and prunes into water and let them soak for a day.
Rub the chicken with salt and pepper on the outside and inside.
Rub butter inside the chicken.
Boil the rice.

Stuff and bake

Mix the boiled rice with the soaked mushrooms, raisins, and prunes.
Stuff the chicken with the mixture.
Bake the stuffed chicken in the oven for 50 minutes.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

556Calories

38 gProtein

16 gFat

65 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Mushrooms	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Prune	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.

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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.

Chicken + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,172 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).
Chicken + ricetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,769 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).
Mushroom + buttertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together12,525 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
Mushroom + ricetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,515 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Mushroom + peppertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together13,580 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Rice: Absorbs the juices from the fruit and mushrooms and adds bulk to the stuffing.
Dried mushrooms: Rehydrated by soaking, they add earthy flavour and a chewy texture to the stuffing.
Raisins: Add sweetness and moisture to the stuffing as they plump up during soaking.
Prunes: Add sweetness and a soft, moist texture that balances the savoury chicken.

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, mushroom, rice, butter, pepper):

Coconutfits better
Lemonfits better
Mangofits better
Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, mushroom, rice, butter, pepper. 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.