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Spinach Chicken and Mushroom Strudel

A savory strudel filled with spinach, chicken, mushrooms, onions, garlic, celery, and seasoned with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.

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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Spinach Chicken and Mushroom Strudel

Ovenmoderate oven
Time15 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Debone the chicken into small pieces.

  2. Clean and wash spinach thoroughly, blanch and chop. Chop the mushrooms.

  3. Chop onion, garlic and celery.

Make the filling

  1. Heat oil in a pan and sauté onion, garlic and celery; add the chicken and sauté.

  2. Add the chopped mushroom and spinach; sauté until it is semidry. Season with salt, pepper and grated nutmeg.

Roll and bake

  1. Open up the strudel leaves onto a work table, spread the mixture on one side of the strudel leaves and roll.

  2. Keep the roll on a greased baking tray, brush with beaten eggs.

  3. Bake in a moderate oven for 15 minutes.

  4. Allow to stand for a while. Serve hot cut into slices.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

456Calories
42 gProtein
24 gFat
19 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
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.

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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Spinach + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,435 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Spinach + nutmegtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together603 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Pepper + celerytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

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

  5. Spinach + celerytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together616 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

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

What each ingredient does

Strudel leaves
Thin pastry layers that bake up crisp and flaky around the filling.
Spinach
Adds bulk and moisture; sautéing until semidry keeps the filling from soaking the pastry.
Chicken
Provides the protein body of the filling, setting firm as it cooks.
Mushrooms
Add savory, earthy depth and moisture that cooking concentrates.
Egg
Brushed on top, it helps the pastry brown and gives a glossy finish.

The step that matters

Sauté the filling until semidry. Spinach and mushrooms release a lot of water when heated. If the filling stays wet, it will soak into the strudel leaves and stop them from crisping, so cook off the moisture before rolling.

Swap the nutmeg

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (spinach, mushroom, pepper, onion, garlic, celery, egg):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Cuminfits better
  4. Nutmegthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against spinach, mushroom, pepper, onion, garlic, celery, egg. 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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