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Addictive Stew

A hearty stew of chicken, taco seasoning, tomatoes, beans, corn, and chilies simmered with broth and thickened with cornstarch.

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Why it works: Olive and tomato match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 14,164 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

The recipe

Time15 minutes

Ingredients

Contains: wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Make the stew

  1. Cook onion and garlic in oil in a large saucepan until tender.

  2. Add cooked chicken, taco seasoning, tomatoes, beans, corn, and chilies.

  3. Blend broth and cornstarch. Add the mixture to the saucepan.

  4. Bring the mixture to a boil.

  5. Reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Serve

  1. Serve with cornbread for a hearty meal.

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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. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,164 recipes

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

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Tomato + beanstop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,711 recipes

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

  4. Garlic + tomatotop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together14,075 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Beans + corntop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,211 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Cornstarch
Thickens the broth into a glossy, stew-like sauce when heated.
Black beans or kidney beans
Add body and substance, making the stew more filling.
Diced tomatoes
Provide liquid and acidity that build the stew's base flavor.
Cooked chicken or turkey
Supplies the main protein, which is already cooked and only needs to warm through.

The step that matters

Blending the broth and cornstarch before adding. Cornstarch clumps if dropped into hot liquid dry. Mixing it into cold broth first lets it disperse evenly, so it thickens smoothly when the mixture boils.

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, olive, chicken, tomato, beans, corn):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Potatobetter flavor fit
  3. Asparagusabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, olive, chicken, tomato, beans, corn. 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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