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Mom's Stuffed Chicken Thighs

Chicken thighs stuffed with a carrot, celery, onion, and breadcrumb mixture, baked and topped with a mushroom sauce.

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Why it works: Garlic and onion 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 ↓

Mom's Stuffed Chicken Thighs

Oven350°F
Time50 to 60 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the filling

  1. Pound thighs to flatten.

  2. Season lightly with salt and pepper.

  3. Mix onion, carrot, celery and seasonings.

  4. Mix in egg and bread crumbs.

  5. Fill thighs with mixture.

  6. Fold and secure with wooden pick.

  7. Dredge in flour.

Brown and bake

  1. Melt oil in large skillet over medium heat.

  2. Brown thighs.

  3. Put on ovenproof baking dish.

  4. Add wine.

  5. Bake at 350°F for 50 to 60 minutes, covered with foil.

Make the sauce and serve

  1. Remove drippings from pan.

  2. Saute mushrooms 5 minutes in drippings.

  3. Blend in 2 tbsp flour and chicken broth.

  4. Cook until smooth and thick.

  5. Season to taste.

  6. Add kitchen bouquet if desired.

  7. Pour over chicken and serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1045Calories
55 gProtein
36 gFat
118 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
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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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. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Carrot + thymetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,563 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  3. Pepper + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Thyme + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,608 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Pepper + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,555 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Chicken thighs
Provide the meat that is wrapped around the stuffing and cooked until tender.
Egg
Binds the stuffing so it holds together inside the thighs.
Soft breadcrumbs
Absorb moisture and give the stuffing body and a softer texture.
Butter, margarine or oil
Carries heat for browning the dredged thighs and adds richness.
Dry white wine
Adds acidity and flavor to the pan liquid that the sauce is built on.
Flour
Coats the thighs for browning and thickens the sauce with the broth.

The step that matters

Brown thighs. Browning the flour-dredged thighs before baking builds color and flavor on the surface and helps the coating set. Searing too cold or too crowded a pan can cause steaming instead of browning, leaving the pale, soft result.

Swap the garlic

The recipe marks garlic as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, pepper, carrot, thyme, butter, white wine, onion):

  1. Marjoramfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Garlicthe original
  4. Rosemaryfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, pepper, carrot, thyme, butter, white wine, onion. 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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