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Roast Chicken Breast with Peppers Recipe

Roast chicken breast with peppers is baked with potatoes, onions, peppers, paprika, oregano, flour, stock, and broccoli.

From the NHS (UK) · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Potato and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Roast Chicken Breast with Peppers Recipe

Oven190°C (fan 170°C, gas mark 5)
Time35 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Preheat oven to 190°C (fan 170°C, gas mark 5).

  2. Place potatoes on the top shelf of the oven to bake; they will take about 45 minutes.

  3. Heat vegetable oil in a flame‑proof casserole dish and stir‑fry the onion and peppers over high heat until softened, about 3 minutes.

  4. Put paprika, herbs, and flour into a shallow dish, season with pepper, and stir to mix.

  5. Dip each chicken breast into the mixture, coating both sides.

  6. Transfer the chicken to the casserole dish, placing it on top of the onions and peppers.

  7. Pour in the stock, then cover the dish.

Bake and serve

  1. Put the dish in the oven to cook once the potatoes have been baking for 30 minutes.

  2. Bake for 35 minutes.

  3. About 10 minutes before the chicken and potatoes are ready, cook the broccoli in boiling water for 8–10 minutes.

  4. Drain the broccoli and serve with the rest of the meal.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1138Calories
54 gProtein
33 gFat
157 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5

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 NHS (UK).

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. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

  2. Potato + broccolitop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together910 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Pepper + oreganotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Onion + broccolitop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  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

What each ingredient does

Chicken breasts
Provide the main protein, which turns firm and opaque as it cooks through.
Baking potatoes
Bake to a soft, fluffy interior while the chicken cooks in the same oven.
Plain flour
Coats the chicken, helping it brown and thickening the juices in the dish.
Vegetable stock
Adds moisture so the chicken and vegetables steam and stay tender in the covered dish.
Peppers
Soften during stir-frying, adding sweetness and body to the base of the dish.
Paprika
Contributes colour and a mild, smoky-sweet flavour to the chicken coating.

The step that matters

Covering the dish and timing the oven. Covering the casserole traps steam so the chicken cooks gently and stays moist. Adding it after the potatoes have baked 30 minutes keeps all components ready together.

Swap the oregano

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, onion, pepper, flour, chicken, broccoli):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Oreganothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, onion, pepper, flour, chicken, broccoli. 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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