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Why it works: Dill and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 669 recipes. Both carry p-mentha-1,3,8-triene, which smells camphor, herbal. The science ↓

Dijon Chicken

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cut each breast into two pieces; put pieces on a wooden cutting board and pound them with with a meat mallet or the side of a rolling until ½" thick. Heat margarine in a large frying pan; add garlic and cook 2 minutes over medium heat. Brown chicken pieces 3 minutes on each side. Transfer chicken to a 1 ½-quart shalloe casserole. Put the wine, the water, mustard, dill weed, salt and pepper into the frying pan. Bring to a boil and cook 1 minute. Pour over chicken in casserole. Cover and bake 30 minuetes. Add parsley; baste the chicken with the sauce and cook 5 more minutes. Food exchanges per serving: 4 lean meat exchanges; cal: 223; cho: 2g; pro: 27; fat: 9g; sod: 235; cho: 73; low-sodium diets: omit salt.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

310Calories
32 gProtein
15 gFat
4 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
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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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. Dill + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together669 recipes

    Shared aroma: p-mentha-1,3,8-triene (camphor, herbal).

  2. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Mustard + dilltop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together560 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Garlic + parsleytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,308 recipes

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

  5. Dill + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,630 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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 (chicken, garlic, white wine, dill, pepper, parsley):

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Carrotfits better
  3. Shallotfits better
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, garlic, white wine, dill, pepper, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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