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Chicken with Angel Hair Pasta

Chicken breasts served over cooked angel hair pasta with sauce and melted cheeses.

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Why it works: Garlic and pasta match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,079 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

Chicken with Angel Hair Pasta

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the chicken

  1. Pound chicken breasts between plastic until ¼ inch thick.

  2. Heat butter and oil in a large frying pan.

  3. Dip chicken first in scrambled egg and then in bread crumbs.

Cook the chicken

  1. Melt butter in hot frying pan and add olive oil and crushed garlic. Heat for just a minute and add chicken breasts.

  2. Fry until browned and cooked.

Assemble and serve

  1. Make nests of cooked pasta.

  2. Put some sauce on pasta.

  3. Place one cooked chicken breast on pasta and put a small amount of sauce on top.

  4. Sprinkle the cheeses on the chicken breast and put under broiler until cheese melts.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1454Calories
79 gProtein
61 gFat
141 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Saucenot 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.

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. Garlic + pastatop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,079 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Olive + pastatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,227 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

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

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

What each ingredient does

Chicken breast
Provides the main protein; pounding to an even thickness helps it cook through evenly.
Eggs
Bind the bread crumbs to the chicken so the coating adheres during frying.
Bread crumbs
Form a crisp, browned coating on the chicken as it fries.
Garlic
Adds aroma to the butter and oil used for frying.
Angel hair pasta
Forms the base nests that hold the chicken and sauce.
Mozzarella, cheddar and colby cheese
Melt under the broiler to add richness and a stretchy, golden topping.

The step that matters

Dip chicken first in egg, then in bread crumbs. Egg is the glue for the crumb coating. If the chicken is wet or the coating is loose, the crumbs fall off in the pan and the crust browns unevenly.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, bread, egg, garlic, butter, olive, pasta):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, bread, egg, garlic, butter, olive, pasta. 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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