Spicy Chicken Stew

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. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together14,076 recipes

   Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

3. Clove + carrottop 5% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together5,873 recipes

   Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

4. Tomato + carrottop 6% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together3,606 recipes

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

5. Corn + tomatotop 6% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together2,099 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Chicken breast

Provides the main protein, which firms as it cooks and gives the stew its body.

Bacon

Its rendered fat and browned bits add savory depth to the cooking base.

Diced tomatoes

Add acidity and body to the liquid in the stew.

Carrots

Add mild sweetness and a firm texture that holds up under pressure cooking.

Corn

Adds sweetness and soft texture to the stew.

The step that matters

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, onion, garlic, corn, tomato, carrot, white wine):

1. Cuminfits better
2. Thymefits better
3. Basilfits better
4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, onion, garlic, corn, tomato, carrot, white wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.