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Chicken, Apple and Walnut Wraps

A wrap filled with chicken, apples, walnuts, and a sour cream mixture.

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Why it works: Lemon and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,973 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Chicken, Apple and Walnut Wraps

Time10 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Poach the chicken

  1. Combine wine, salt, peppercorns, lemon juice, and thyme in a large saucepan.

  2. Add the chicken breasts and enough water to cover them.

  3. Bring the liquid to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer for 10 minutes.

  4. Remove from the heat and let the chicken cool in the liquid.

  5. When the chicken is cool enough to handle, remove it from the liquid and discard the liquid.

Make the filling

  1. In a large bowl, mix the sour cream, apples, celery, red onion, and parsley together.

  2. Cut the chicken into small pieces, add it to the sour cream mixture, and toss.

  3. Season to taste with salt and pepper, and stir in the walnuts.

  4. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Assemble and serve

  1. Lay the tortillas out and divide the chicken mixture among them, spreading it in the center.

  2. Divide the shredded lettuce among the tortillas and tightly roll each into a cylinder, seam side down.

  3. Cut the wraps in half on the diagonal and serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1084Calories
69 gProtein
12 gFat
170 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 16 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Leafnot in our table0

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. Lemon + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,973 recipes

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

  2. Thyme + celerytop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,193 recipes

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

  3. Lemon + celerytop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,467 recipes

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

  4. Thyme + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,171 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Celery + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Chicken breasts
Provide the main protein, becoming tender and moist when gently simmered in liquid.
Apples
Add crisp texture and a touch of sweetness that balances the savory filling.
Sour cream
Binds the filling and adds creamy moisture without heavy fat.
Walnuts
Add crunch and a toasty, nutty aroma to the filling.
Celery
Adds crisp texture and a fresh, mildly vegetal crunch.
Flour tortillas
Form the wrapper that holds the filling together when rolled.

The step that matters

Simmer the chicken gently. Keeping the liquid at a low simmer after the boil cooks the chicken evenly and keeps it tender; a hard boil toughens the proteins and dries the meat.

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (white wine, lemon, thyme, chicken, cream, celery, onion):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Orangefits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against white wine, lemon, thyme, chicken, cream, celery, 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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