Why it works: Chicken and mushroom are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,172 recipes. Both carry 1-butyl acetate, which smells fruity, banana. The science ↓
Chicken Chop Sooy
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Cut up one chicken (3‑4 lb) and boil in water until tender. Let stand until cold.
Boil one cup rice in 3 quarts water. Braise 1 can mushrooms in 2 tablespoons water until butter is absorbed.
Make a cream sauce of 1 cup milk, 1 cup cream, and 2 tablespoons cornstarch.
Dice all the chicken meat.
Assemble and bake
Butter a baking dish and put a layer of cream sauce.
Add 1‑3 portions of chicken, then a layer of rice, then a layer of mushrooms.
Cover with another layer of sauce. Continue layering until all ingredients used, ending with a sauce layer on top, sprinkle with breadcrumbs and bits of butter.
Bake for 20 minutes. Can also bake in individual molds.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Rice | 1 cup cooked (158g) white | 206 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Mushroom | 1/2 cup sliced (35g) | 15 |
| 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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Chicken + mushroomtop 4% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together4,172 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).
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Rice + chickentop 5% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together4,769 recipes
Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).
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Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together81,283 recipes
Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
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Butter + mushroomtop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together12,525 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
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Rice + milktop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together7,374 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Chicken
- Provides the main protein and body of the dish, cooked until tender first.
- Rice
- Adds bulk and a soft, starchy texture that holds the layers together.
- Cream sauce (milk, cream, cornstarch)
- Thickens with cornstarch to create a moist, binding sauce between layers.
- Mushrooms
- Add earthy flavour and moisture, softened in butter before layering.
The step that matters
Make the cream sauce. Cornstarch must be fully heated to thicken milk and cream into a smooth sauce; under-heating leaves it thin and it will not bind the layers.
“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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