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Chicken Thighs Marengo

A skillet dish of chicken thighs with mushrooms, onions, garlic, wine, thyme, tomatoes, and parsley.

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Why it works: Thyme and parsley 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 ↓

Chicken Thighs Marengo

Time25 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the chicken

  1. Trim excess fat from chicken.

  2. Rinse chicken with cold water and pat dry.

  3. Place chicken in a shallow container.

  4. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper.

  5. Coat a large skillet with cooking spray and add olive oil.

  6. Place skillet over medium-high heat until hot.

  7. Add chicken to skillet and cook 2-3 minutes on each side until lightly browned.

  8. Remove chicken from skillet and drain on paper towels.

  9. Wipe skillet dry with a paper towel.

Cook the vegetables

  1. Recoat skillet with cooking spray and place over medium-high heat until hot.

  2. Add mushrooms and cook for 2 minutes, stirring frequently.

  3. Remove mushrooms from skillet and set aside.

  4. Recoat skillet with cooking spray.

  5. Place skillet over medium-high heat until hot.

  6. Add green onions and garlic and sauté for 1 minute.

Braise and serve

  1. Stir in wine and thyme.

  2. Add reserved chicken.

  3. Bring mixture to a boil.

  4. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 25 minutes.

  5. Add reserved mushrooms and tomato wedges and simmer for 2 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

  6. Sprinkle with parsley and serve immediately.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

405Calories
36 gProtein
18 gFat
22 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Thyme + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

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

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

  3. Clove + thymetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,108 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  4. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Pepper + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Chicken thighs
Provide the main protein, which becomes tender through long, gentle simmering in the wine.
Dry white wine
Adds acidity and liquid that flavours the sauce as it reduces during simmering.
Mushrooms
Add earthy flavour and moisture, and brown well when cooked in a hot skillet.
Tomatoes
Contribute acidity, juice and fresh flavour to the finished sauce.
Green onions
Add mild onion aroma and sweetness when softened briefly in oil.

The step that matters

Browning the chicken before simmering. Searing the chicken in a hot skillet builds browned flavour through the Maillard reaction. Skipping or crowding it leaves the sauce flat and the chicken pale.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, pepper, mushroom, garlic, thyme, parsley, olive):

  1. Marjoramfits better
  2. Rosemaryfits better
  3. Basilfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, pepper, mushroom, garlic, thyme, parsley, olive. 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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