Why it works: Chicken and potato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,756 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-decenal, which smells green, must. The science ↓
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Giblet Sauce,
Chicken vSouffle,
Brown Gravy Sauce,
Escallopcd Potatoes, No. 2,
Oyster Sauce,
Cream Potatoes,
Mint Sauce,
Smothered Sausage,
Caper Sauce for Leg of Lamb,
Pressed Chicken,
Gravy for Boiled or Baked F'ish
Beaf Loaf,
Bread Sauce,
Veal Loaf,
Tomato Sauce,
Apple Fritters,
Tartare Sauce,
Snowy Omelet,
Beef Steak Omelet,
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Meat Omelet,
Ragout of Meat,
Vegetables, preparing-cookiug
Potato Souffle,
Pressed Eggs,
Stuffed and Baked Tomatoes,
]':gg Omelet,
To Boil Cauliflower,
Welsh Rare Bit,
Stuffed Potatoes,
Corn Fritters,
Boiled Dinner,
Corn Oysters,
Boiling Vegetables,
Ham and Egg on Toast,
Potato Balls,
Baked Omelet,
Fried Parsnips,
Baked Eggs,
A nice way to cook Cabbage,
Waffles, No. i,
Stewed Cabbage,
" No. 2,
Tremont Potatoes,
Baked Rice and Tomatoes,
Beat Hash,
Chicken or Veal Salad,
Parsnips Fritters,
Salad Dressing, No. i,
Macaroni Boiled,
Macaroni in Cream,
An old-fashioned Dish,
Cabbage Salad, No. i,
Baked Beans,
" No. 2,
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Cream Salad,
Boiled Dressing,
Salad Dressing, No.
Lobster Salad,
Potato vSalad, No. i,
" " No. 2,
Salad Dressing, No.
Veal Salad,
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 15 of 24 ingredients. The other 9 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 15 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Beef | 100g cooked | 250 |
| Pork | 100g cooked | 242 |
| Rice | 1 cup cooked (158g) white | 206 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Vegetable | 1 tbsp (14g) | 120 |
| Apple | 1 medium (182g) | 95 |
| Oyster | 6 medium (84g) | 81 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Corn | 1/2 cup kernels (82g) | 77 |
| Parsnip | 1/2 cup (78g) | 55 |
| Broccoli | 1 cup chopped (156g) | 55 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Sauce | not in our table | 0 |
| Peppermint | not in our table | 0 |
| Veal | not in our table | 0 |
| Meat | not in our table | 0 |
| Waffle | not in our table | 0 |
| Salad | not in our table | 0 |
| Salad Dressing | not in our table | 0 |
| Macaroni | not in our table | 0 |
| Bean | 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.
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.
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Chicken + potatotop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,756 recipes
Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).
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Sauce + creamtop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together4,787 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Oyster + breadtop 13% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,545 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Chicken + vealtop 13% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,243 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-butanedione (buttery, creamy).
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Chicken + breadtop 14% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,258 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the mint
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, chicken, potato, oyster, cream, bread, veal):
- Garlicfits better
- Celeryfits better
- Capersfits better
- Mintthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, chicken, potato, oyster, cream, bread, veal. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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