Why it works: Chicken and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 39% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,461 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Chicken Pie
Ingredients
Directions
Place stewed chicken in a baking dish.
Cover with short cake dough, omitting sugar.
Bake until done.
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 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 + sugartop 39% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together3,461 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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