Chicken Sonora

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. Beans + corntop 3% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together1,211 recipes

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

2. Chicken + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together4,172 recipes

   Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).

3. Beans + oniontop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together5,242 recipes

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

4. Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together17,814 recipes

   Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

5. Mushroom + cheddar cheesetop 9% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together705 recipes

   Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

What each ingredient does

Chicken

Provides the main protein and bulk of the casserole.

Cream of mushroom soup

Forms the creamy binding sauce that keeps the casserole moist.

Cream of chicken soup

Adds body and savory flavor to the creamy sauce.

Corn tortillas

Soften in the sauce and give the casserole structure and a starchy bite.

Cheddar and jack cheese

Melt into the sauce to add richness, fat and a browned top.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, cream, mushroom, beans, milk, corn, cheddar cheese):

1. Potatofits better
2. Capsicumfits better
3. Tomatofits better
4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, cream, mushroom, beans, milk, corn, cheddar cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.