Name: Chicken Livers Supreme
Ingredients: 8 ounces chicken livers, cut in half; 1/4 cup chopped onion; 2 tablespoons butter or margarine; 2/3 cup chicken broth; 3 tablespoons sherry; 1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/16 teaspoon ground black pepper; 20 red grapes, halved and seeded (about 2/3 cup); 1 tablespoon snipped chives; 1 cup hot cooked rice

Why it works: Onion and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,907 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

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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.

Onion + chivetop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,907 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Sherry + grapetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together229 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together68,474 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Pepper + chivetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,885 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Chicken livers: Provide the main protein and rich flavor; browning adds savory depth.
Cornstarch: Thickens the broth and sherry mixture into a glossy sauce as it heats.
Butter: Browns the livers and onion and adds richness to the pan.
Grapes: Add sweetness and fruity acidity that balance the rich livers.

The step that matters

Cook the livers until brown, not grey. Browning the livers over medium-high heat builds savory flavor. Overcooking them makes the texture dry and grainy, so stop once they are just cooked through.

Swap the grape

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, liver, onion, butter, sherry, pepper, chive):

Lemonfits about as well
Limefits about as well
Avocadofits about as well
Grapethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, liver, onion, butter, sherry, pepper, chive. 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.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Chicken Liver	100g cooked	165
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Red Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Chive	1 tbsp (3g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Chicken Livers Supreme