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Estofado De Pollo

A Spanish chicken stew with carrots, potatoes, peas, and tomato simmered in wine and broth.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Onion and garlic 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 ↓

Estofado De Pollo

Timeat least 30 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the base

  1. Heat oil in a large Dutch oven.

  2. Sauté onion and garlic until onion begins to soften.

  3. Add chopped tomato and chicken pieces.

  4. Slightly brown the chicken pieces.

  5. Season with salt, pepper, and cumin.

Simmer the stew

  1. Add water, bouillon cubes, and wine.

  2. Cover and simmer over medium‑low heat for at least 30 minutes.

  3. Add carrots, potatoes, and peas.

  4. Taste broth; adjust seasoning with more cumin, salt, and pepper if needed.

  5. Add enough water to keep vegetables simmering if needed.

  6. Once vegetables are done, remove from heat and let sit uncovered for 5 minutes.

  7. Serve with white steamed rice.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

641Calories
43 gProtein
19 gFat
73 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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.

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. 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. Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Carrot + potatotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,107 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Chicken
Browning the pieces adds savory flavour, and the meat gives the stew its body.
Onion
Softened onion adds sweetness and aromatic depth to the broth.
Potatoes
Starch that softens during simmering, thickening the broth slightly and adding body.
Carrots
Release natural sweetness into the broth as they cook.
Chicken bouillon cubes
Add concentrated savory flavour to the simmering liquid.
Dry white wine
Adds acidity and aromatic complexity to the cooking liquid.

The step that matters

Slightly browning the chicken pieces. Browning creates Maillard flavour compounds on the meat's surface. Crowding the pot or skipping this step leaves the chicken steamed and the broth flatter in taste.

Swap the clove

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

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

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, carrot, onion, potato, garlic, tomato, peas. 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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