Name: Chicken Chile Stew
Ingredients: Nonstick cooking spray; 3 lb boneless, skinless chicken (breast or leg), cubed; 3 stalks celery, chopped; 1 medium tomato, diced; 7 green chilies, roasted, peeled, seeded, and chopped; 4 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed; Ground black pepper to taste

Why it works: Tomato and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,076 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Chicken Chile Stew

Ingredients

Nonstick cooking spray
3 lb boneless, skinless chicken (breast or leg), cubed
3 stalks celery, chopped
1 medium tomato, diced
7 green chilies, roasted, peeled, seeded, and chopped
4 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
Ground black pepper to taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

203Calories

33 gProtein

4 gFat

8 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4

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 NHLBI (US).

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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.

Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14,076 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Celery + tomatotop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,377 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together17,451 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together16,012 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Celery + clovetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,668 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

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 (chicken, celery, tomato, garlic, pepper):

Basilfits better
Thymefits better
Cuminfits better
Clovethe original

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

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