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Chicken Ceoquettes

A fried chicken and rice patty coated in crackers, served hot.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Parsley and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,057 recipes. Both carry cuminaldehyde, which smells Spicy, cumin. The science ↓

Chicken Ceoquettes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the filling

  1. In a large bowl, combine the chopped chicken, boiled rice, onion (if using), grated cheese, parsley, cloves, mace, thyme, cayenne, and black pepper.

  2. Mix thoroughly with the beaten egg yolks and sifted crackers.

Shape and coat

  1. Form the mixture into shapes using a pointed glass.

  2. Dip each shape in the beaten eggs, then coat with sifted crackers.

Fry and serve

  1. Fry in hot lard until browned.

  2. Serve 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. Parsley + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  2. Clove + thymetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,108 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  3. Chicken + ricetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,769 recipes

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

  4. Parsley + clovetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,768 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  5. Clove + macetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together8,400 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyleugenol (clove, spice).

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

What each ingredient does

Cooked chicken
Forms the bulk of the filling and gives the cequeottes their main savory flavour.
Rice
Adds body to the filling, helping it hold together when shaped.
Eggs
Bind the filling, and the beaten eggs form a coating that helps the crumbs stick.
Grated cheese
Adds savory richness and flavour to the filling.
Sifted crackers
Bind the filling and form a crisp, browned outer crust when fried.

The step that matters

Fry in hot lard until browned. If the lard is not hot enough, the coated shapes absorb excess fat and turn greasy before the crumb crust sets. Hot fat seals the surface quickly, giving a crisp, evenly browned exterior.

Swap the onion

The recipe marks onion as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, rice, cheese, parsley, clove, mace, thyme):

  1. Carrotfits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, rice, cheese, parsley, clove, mace, thyme. 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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