Name: Pecan Corn Bread Stuffing
Ingredients: 2 cup corn bread crumbs; 1/2 cup finely chopped onion; 1/2 cup chopped celery; 1 tbsp dried parsley flakes; 1/2 tsp dried thyme; 1/4 cup water or chicken broth

Why it works: Parsley and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,057 recipes. Both carry cuminaldehyde, which smells Spicy, cumin. The science ↓

Pecan Corn Bread Stuffing

Ingredients

Directions

Suggestion: use a cornbread recipe made just with cornmeal or using rice flour for a no gluten recipe. mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. Stuff into poultry or transfer to a lightly oiled casserole. Bake in 350°F oven for 15 minutes if not used as a stuffing. Stuff 2 cornish hens or 3 pound chicken. 1/8 recipe - 168 calories, 1 bread, 1 vegetable, 1 fat exchange 22 grams carbohydrate, 3 grams protein, 6 grams fat 202 mg sodium, 110 mg potassium, 23 mg cholesterol

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

752Calories

49 gProtein

6 gFat

124 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
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Corn	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Water	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.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

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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.

Parsley + thymetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,057 recipes

Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).
Celery + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together6,810 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Celery + thymetop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,193 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Onion + thymetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,171 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Onion + celerytop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,518 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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 (corn, bread, celery, parsley, thyme, chicken):

Carrotfits better
Tomatofits better
Potatofits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against corn, bread, celery, parsley, thyme, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.