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Causa Rellena Con Pollo

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Why it works: Potato and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,517 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Causa Rellena Con Pollo

6 or more
Total1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cook and peel potatoes. Allow to cool, then mash.

  2. In a bowl combine the chicken, mayonnaise, onion, salt, and pepper.

  3. Line a deep dish with plastic wrap, or place a molding cylinder on a plate.

  4. Add the mashed potatoes to form a bed about 1 cm tall at the bottom.

  5. Add a second layer of 1 cm of the chicken mixture evenly over the potato.

  6. Top the chicken mixture with a final layer of potato, forming a sandwich of chicken inside two layers of potato.

  7. Unmold or remove the cylinder.

  8. Garnish with lettuce and mayonnaise.

  9. Cut the hard boiled eggs in discs and place on top. Add black olives, if desired.

  10. This dish can be served slightly cold.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

525Calories
43 gProtein
21 gFat
41 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Olive1 large (4g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Meatnot 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.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

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. Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,517 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Potato + lettucetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together322 recipes

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

  4. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  5. Potato + chickentop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,756 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, chicken, meat, butter, garlic, pepper, lettuce):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Rosemaryfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, chicken, meat, butter, garlic, pepper, lettuce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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