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Caracas Chicken

A coconut milk chicken dish with onions, tomatoes, garlic, and spices.

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Why it works: Turmeric and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,698 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Caracas Chicken

Time45 to 50 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the sauce

  1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan.

  2. Add the onion and sauté gently until soft and transparent.

  3. Transfer the onions to a food processor together with the tomatoes, garlic, turmeric, cumin, sugar, ginger paste, coconut milk and water. Blend until smooth.

Cook the chicken

  1. Add the chicken to the frying pan. Toss to coat.

  2. Add the tomato mixture. Add bay leaves and salt. Mix well.

  3. Partially cover. Cook for 45 to 50 minutes, stirring from time to time.

  4. Remove the bay leaves before serving.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

720Calories
37 gProtein
46 gFat
44 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0

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. Turmeric + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,698 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  4. Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

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

  5. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

What each ingredient does

Chicken breasts
Provides the main protein, which becomes tender as it simmers in the sauce.
Coconut milk
Adds fat and richness, giving the sauce a creamy body.
Tomatoes
Contribute acidity and body, thickening the sauce as they cook down.
Onions
Soften and sweeten as they sauté, forming the base flavour of the sauce.
Olive oil
Carries the aromatics and conducts heat for the initial sauté.

The step that matters

Sauté the onions gently until soft and transparent. Cooking onions slowly lets their sugars caramelise gently and softens them fully, so they blend smooth and sweet rather than sharp or gritty.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, onion, tomato, garlic, pepper, turmeric, cumin):

  1. Oreganofits better
  2. Corianderfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, onion, tomato, garlic, pepper, turmeric, cumin. 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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