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Chicken Stew with Cinnamon

A savory stew of chicken, ham, tomatoes, and cinnamon simmered in broth.

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Why it works: Chicken and cinnamon work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and 990 recipes mention both. Both carry anethole, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

The recipe

Time30 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the chicken

  1. Season the chicken with the adobo.

  2. Refrigerate for 30 minutes to an hour.

Cook the stew

  1. Heat oil in a skillet and sauté the sofrito and ham over medium heat for 5 minutes.

  2. Add tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, and water and bring to a boil.

  3. Add chicken, cinnamon, salt, and pepper, and bring to a boil again.

  4. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes.

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Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Chicken + cinnamontop 15% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together990 recipes

    Shared aroma: anethole (sweet, anise).

  2. Chicken + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together6,027 recipes

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

  3. Tomato + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together17,913 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Cinnamon + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,890 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Chicken + hamtop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,497 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

What each ingredient does

Chicken
Provides the main protein, which becomes tender as it simmers slowly in the sauce.
Ham
Adds savory, salty depth as it browns and releases its fat into the pan.
Tomato sauce
Forms the liquid base of the stew and adds acidity and body.
Ground cinnamon
Adds warm, aromatic sweetness that carries through the simmered sauce.

The step that matters

Simmer on low heat. Keeping the heat low during the 30-minute simmer lets the chicken cook through and turn tender without the sauce reducing too fast or scorching on the bottom of the pan.

Flavor stand-ins for the tomato

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

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Tomatothe original
  3. Mustardabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, ham, sauce, cinnamon, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).

“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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