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Arroz Con Pollo Castillane

A Spanish chicken and rice dish with tomatoes, peppers, saffron, and sherry.

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Why it works: Olive and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Arroz Con Pollo Castillane

Time45 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Brown the chicken

  1. Dredge chicken pieces in flour, salt, and pepper.

  2. Lightly brown chicken in oil, turning often to prevent burning.

  3. Remove chicken and drain of all but 1 tablespoon drippings.

  4. Add onion to drippings and cook until tender but not brown.

Simmer with rice

  1. Stir in chicken broth and rice.

  2. Return chicken to skillet and place tomatoes on chicken.

  3. Add bay leaf, cloves, parsley, and saffron.

  4. Heat to boiling.

  5. Reduce heat; cover with tight-fitting lid and simmer for 45 minutes, or until chicken is tender.

  6. All liquid will not be completely absorbed by rice.

Finish and serve

  1. Just before serving, add wine and garnish with slivered peppers.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1091Calories
52 gProtein
20 gFat
167 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
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saffronnot 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. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Chicken + ricetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,769 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

  4. Olive + ricetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,994 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  5. Rice + tomatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,065 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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

What each ingredient does

Chicken pieces
Provide the main protein, which becomes tender as it simmers in the covered pan.
Olive oil
Conducts heat for browning the flour-coated chicken and adds richness.
Chopped onion
Softens and sweetens in the drippings, building flavor for the rice.
Chicken broth
Supplies the liquid the rice absorbs as it cooks, seasoning the dish.
Rice
Absorbs the broth as it simmers, becoming the base of the dish.
Saffron
Adds its distinctive aroma and golden color to the rice and broth.

The step that matters

Brown the chicken gently and turn it often. Browning builds flavor through the Maillard reaction, but high heat or neglect can scorch the flour coating before the chicken cooks through. Turning often keeps the coating even in color.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, flour, pepper, olive, onion, rice, tomato):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, flour, pepper, olive, onion, rice, tomato. 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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