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Chicken Almond

A dish of chicken, almonds, celery, mushrooms, and Worcestershire sauce simmered in butter.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 9 ingredients
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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 Almond

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Melt the butter in a chafing dish.

  2. Add chopped celery and almonds; cook until celery is tender.

  3. Stir in chopped chicken and mushrooms.

  4. Pour in the water used to boil the chicken.

  5. Add Worcestershire sauce and season with salt and red pepper.

  6. Serve as soon as thoroughly hot.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

  1. Chicken + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,172 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).

  2. Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

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

  3. Butter + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  4. Almond + buttertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,245 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Celery + mushroomtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,006 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Almonds
Provide crunch and a nutty flavor that contrasts with the soft chicken and mushrooms.
Butter
Adds richness and carries flavor as the dish cooks in the chafing dish.
Celery
Adds a mild, crisp-tender vegetable texture and savory flavor once softened.
Mushrooms
Add savory, earthy flavor and moisture as they cook with the chicken.
Worcestershire sauce
Adds savory, tangy depth that seasons the whole dish.

The step that matters

Serve as soon as thoroughly hot. Once the chicken and mushrooms are heated through, extra time can toughen the chicken and make the almonds soggy. Serving promptly keeps textures pleasant.

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, celery, chicken, mushroom, sauce, pepper):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Sesamefits better
  3. Chestnutfits better
  4. Almondthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, celery, chicken, mushroom, sauce, pepper. 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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