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A hearty dog stew made with chicken, rice, oats, carrots, spinach, broccoli, and seasonings.

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Why it works: Spinach and broccoli match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 302 recipes. Both carry 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, which smells clove, smoky. The science ↓

Dog Mush

Time2 hours

Ingredients

Directions

Make the stock

  1. Clean three chickens: remove necks, gizzards, heart, and liver, and trim wing ends.

  2. Place chickens in the pot and fill 3/4 full with cold water.

  3. Add cleaned garlic cloves, sea salt, bay leaves and peppercorns.

  4. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and then reduce to a simmer for 2 hours, or until chicken falls from the bone.

  5. Strain the stock and remove bones, bay leaves, and peppercorns.

  6. Return chicken meat, stock, and garlic to pot.

Cook the mush

  1. On medium heat, add brown rice, rolled oats, olive oil, carrots (grated or run through a food processor), and eggs.

  2. Stir all ingredients, breaking up egg yolks.

  3. Bring to a light boil stirring occasionally.

  4. Cook for about 2 hours or until rice is soft and mushy.

  5. Add entire bags of spinach and broccoli and continue cooking 1/2 hour more.

Store

  1. Put a week's worth of food in a container and refrigerate.

  2. Bag the rest in one-gallon freezer bags and freeze.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

821Calories
53 gProtein
26 gFat
94 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
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. Spinach + broccolitop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together302 recipes

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

  2. Rice + chickentop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,769 recipes

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

  3. Carrot + spinachtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together870 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  4. Olive + spinachtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,971 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Carrot + broccolitop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,442 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

Brown rice
Softens into the mush and gives it bulk and a thick, starchy body.
Eggs
Add protein and richness, and bind the mixture as they cook.
Rolled oats
Thicken the mush and add soft, starchy bulk.
Olive oil
Adds fat, which carries flavour and gives a smoother, richer texture.
Carrots
Add moisture, sweetness and body when cooked down.
Whole chickens
Make the stock that cooks the grains and adds savoury meat and richness.

The step that matters

Bring to a light boil stirring occasionally. Eggs and starches settle and scorch on the base of the pot when heated. Frequent stirring keeps the mixture even and stops the egg from clumping or sticking as the rice and oats swell.

Swap the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, egg, oats, olive, chicken, spinach, broccoli):

  1. Asparagusfits better
  2. Lettucefits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, egg, oats, olive, chicken, spinach, broccoli. 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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