Name: Oven-fried Dijon Chicken
Ingredients: 1 1/2 tbsp dijon mustard; 1 tsp lemon juice; 3 large cloves garlic, minced; 1/2 tsp dried, crumbled rosemary; freshly ground pepper; 6 small chicken thighs, skinned; 3 cup bran flakes cereal **; 6 tbsp grated parmesan cheese

Why it works: Lemon and rosemary match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 845 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Oven-fried Dijon Chicken

Ingredients

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In small bowl, combine mustard, lemon juice, minced garlic, salt and pepper. Set aside. Combine cereal and cheese in sealable bag and crush flakes well. Coat chicken thoroughly in mustard mixture and place in bag with cereal and cheese a few pieces at a time. Shake gently, but coat well. Place chicken in dish lined with foil - single layer only. Cover with foil. Bake 25 minutes, uncover, and bake 20 minutes longer or until chicken is thoroughly cooked. recipe by: deal-a-meal

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

304Calories

42 gProtein

12 gFat

8 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Rosemary	1 tsp dried (1.2g)	4
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3

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.

Lemon + rosemarytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together845 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together27,047 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Clove + rosemarytop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together519 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Garlic + rosemarytop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,180 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Rosemary + peppertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,324 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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 (mustard, lemon, garlic, rosemary, pepper, chicken, parmesan cheese):

Thymefits better
Basilfits better
Oreganofits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mustard, lemon, garlic, rosemary, pepper, chicken, parmesan cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.