Chicken Pie

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. Rice + chickentop 5% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together4,769 recipes

   Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

2. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together81,283 recipes

   Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

3. Celery + oniontop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together18,518 recipes

   Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

4. Rice + milktop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together7,374 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

5. Rice + celerytop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together2,169 recipes

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

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Chicken

Provides the main meat and, with its stewing liquid, the filling's savory body.

Butter

Adds richness and flavor to the filling and browns the pastry top.

Rice

Thickens the filling and adds body as it absorbs liquid.

Eggs

Helps bind the filling and holds its shape.

The step that matters

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ham, rice, butter, celery, milk, chicken, onion):

1. Coconutfits better
2. Lemonfits better
3. Avocadofits better
4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against ham, rice, butter, celery, milk, chicken, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.