Name: Pollo En Fricase
Ingredients: 1 - 3 to 3 1/2 lb. Fryer cut up and washed thoroughly and patted dry with a paper towel; 5 to 6 Tablespoons of Adobo ( recipe for Adobo can be found on the foundation page); Place chicken parts in a large bowl and add Adobo a spoon at a time and rub on until you have seasoned all the parts. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour ( Remember the longer it marinates the better).; 6 - Tablespoons of sofrito (recipe for sofrito can also be found on the foundation page ); 6 - Table spoons of olive oil; 6 -oz of cooking ham diced; 2 - Tablespoons of oregano; 2 - bay leafs; 1/2 Cup of Chicken broth or a 1/2 cup of dry white cooking wine; 6 to 8 green olives ( you can use pitted, unpitted or Spanish olives); 1 - Table spoon of capers; 3 to 4 Tablespoons of tomato paste ( If you rather you can substitute 1 can of tomato sauce ); 2 - Potatoes peeled and cut into quarters ( kept in a bowl covered with cold water)

Why it works: Olive and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. 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.

Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,539 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Oregano + tomatotop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,767 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).
Olive + caperstop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,688 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Oregano + caperstop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together133 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Tomato + potatotop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,798 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Chicken: Browning gives colour and savoury flavour, and slow simmering makes the meat tender and moist.
Olive oil: Carries heat for browning and adds fat that carries flavour through the sauce.
Ham: Browning the diced ham adds savoury, smoky flavour to the sauce base.
Tomato paste: Concentrates tomato flavour and adds body and colour to the sauce.
Potatoes: Absorb the sauce as they cook and add starch that thickens the dish slightly.

The step that matters

Browning the chicken in batches. Crowding the pot lowers its temperature so the chicken steams instead of browning. Browning on all sides builds the fond that gives the sauce its depth when deglazed.

Swap the oregano

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, olive, ham, capers, tomato, sauce, potato):

Garlicfits better
Thymefits better
Parsleyfits better
Oreganothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, olive, ham, capers, tomato, sauce, potato. 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
Pork	100g cooked	242
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Oregano	1 tsp dried (1.8g)	5
Olive	1 large (4g)	4
Bay Leaf	1 leaf (0.6g)	2
Capers	1 tbsp (9g) drained	2
Water	not in our table	0

Pollo En Fricase

Pollo En Fricase

Ingredients

Directions

Brown the chicken

Make the sauce

Simmer and serve

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)