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Prairie Chicken

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Chicken and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 13,902 recipes. Both carry 2-furfurylthiol, which smells coffee, roasted. The science ↓

Prairie Chicken

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Clean and wash the prairie chicken thoroughly in water with a little baking soda, then rinse in clear water several times.

  2. Wipe the chicken dry and fill it with a good dressing.

  3. Tie the legs and wings down with a cord.

  4. Stew the chicken, covering it closely and using plenty of butter.

  5. Cook until tender, then place in a pan with butter and brown.

  6. Serve with tart jelly.

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 + buttertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together13,902 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

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