Why it works: Chicken and meat are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,449 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓
Chicken Patties
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Prepare
Season the chopped chicken meat well.
In a saucepan, heat the drawn butter and stir in the minced eggs and chopped parsley.
Add the seasoned chicken meat to the mixture and combine well.
Fill and bake
Fill the patty shells with the chicken mixture.
Place the filled shells in a 350°F (175°C) oven to heat.
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.
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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 + meattop 13% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together2,449 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
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Butter + parsleytop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together28,563 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
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Chicken + buttertop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together13,902 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).
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Meat + buttertop 16% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together7,594 recipes
Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
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Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together118,967 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Cold chicken
- Provides the main filling and body of the patties.
- Drawn butter
- Adds richness and moisture, keeping the filling tender and flavorful.
- Hard boiled eggs
- Bind the filling and add a creamy texture.
- Puff paste
- Forms the flaky, crisp shell that rises and browns in the oven.
Swap the parsley
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, meat, butter, egg):
- Thymefits about as well
- Parsleythe original
- Garlicfits about as well
- Nutmegfits about as well
Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, meat, butter, egg. 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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