Why it works: Tomato and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,923 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓
Chicken Stew with Dumplings
Ingredients
Directions
An old chicken is the best. Have it cut in four pieces, and make the same as beef stew. (See Dumplings, under Beef Stew.)
CHICKEN CURRY (Mrs. Lincoln).
Cut the chicken at the joints, and remove the breast bone, wipe, season with salt and pepper, dredge with flour, and brown in hot butter. Put in a stew pan. Fry one large onion, cut in thin slices, in the butter left in the pan till colored, not browned. Mix one large tablespoonful of flour, one teaspoonful of
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sugar and one teaspoonful of curry powder, and brown them in the butter. Add slowly one cup of water or stock and one cup of strained tomatoes, or one sour apple chopped, and salt and pepper to taste. Pour this sauce over the chicken and simmer one hour or until tender. Add one cup of hot milk or cream. Boil one minute longer and serve with a border of boiled rice. Rabbit, veal and lamb may be curried in the same way.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Apple | 1 medium (182g) | 95 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Turmeric | 1 tsp ground (3g) | 9 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.
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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.
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Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together17,923 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Onion + tomatotop 8% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together20,633 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together68,474 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Milk + appletop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together4,104 recipes
Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).
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Tomato + appletop 13% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together548 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, onion, flour, tomato, pepper):
- Avocadofits better
- Cherryfits better
- Mangofits better
- Applethe original
Fit is the average pairing score against milk, onion, flour, tomato, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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