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Stuffed Chicken Breasts in Wine Sauce

Stuffed chicken breasts coated in matzo meal and baked with a wine sauce.

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Why it works: Basil and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,294 recipes. Both carry methyl cinnamate, which smells strawberry. The science ↓

Stuffed Chicken Breasts in Wine Sauce

Oven350°F
Timeabout 45 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the chicken

  1. Bone, skin, and cut the chicken breasts in halves; pound the chicken to flatten.

  2. Saute onion in margarine; add remaining ingredients.

  3. Place a spoonful on each chicken breast and roll up tightly.

  4. Dip the chicken rolls into a mixture of egg and water; roll into crumb mixture (matzo meal, salt, pepper and basil).

  5. Heat oil in skillet and brown pieces on all sides.

  6. At this point, the recipe may be refrigerated for later use, or completed.

Make the sauce and bake

  1. To make sauce, blend potato starch, salt and pepper into melted margarine.

  2. Stir in broth and cook over medium heat.

  3. Add wine, stirring with a wire whisk; simmer for 2 minutes.

  4. Stir in cream and parsley.

  5. Pour sauce over chicken and bake, covered, at 350°F for about 45 minutes.

  6. Garnish with sautéed sliced mushrooms and parsley.

  7. Actually, the "cream" should be omitted for Passover.

  8. Have a good holiday.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

369Calories
38 gProtein
22 gFat
2 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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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Explore the science

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. Basil + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  2. Chicken + basiltop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,514 recipes

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

  3. Chicken + peppertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,958 recipes

    Shared aroma: piperonal (bitter, coconut).

  4. Chicken + eggtop 30% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,991 recipes

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

  5. Egg + peppertop 33% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together50,580 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Egg and pepper barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 50,580 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Chicken breasts
Provides the main protein that is rolled around the filling and baked until cooked through.
Egg
Acts as a binder so the matzo meal coating sticks to the chicken.
Matzo meal
Forms a crisp, browned crumb coating when the chicken is browned and baked.
Potato starch (in the method)
Thickens the sauce so it clings to the chicken instead of running off.
Wine (in the method)
Adds acidity and aroma to the sauce while simmering.
Cream (in the method)
Adds richness and a smoother texture to the sauce.

The step that matters

Dip and coat the rolls before browning. The egg wash must coat the rolls evenly so the matzo meal crumbs stick. Gaps leave bare spots that can dry out or brown unevenly in the skillet and oven.

Swap the basil

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, egg, pepper):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Thymefits about as well
  4. Basilthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, egg, pepper. 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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