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Stuffed Chicken with Tomato Conde Sauce

A whole chicken stuffed with a breadcrumb and onion mixture, baked with tomato sauce.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Tomato and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,923 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Stuffed Chicken with Tomato Conde Sauce

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. The book gives no cooking times either; the times in the steps were added in transcription, so check for doneness rather than trusting the clock.

Prepare the stuffing

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).

  2. In a skillet, melt butter and sauté the onion until translucent.

  3. Mix breadcrumbs, sautéed onion, salt, pepper, and herbs in a bowl.

Stuff and roast

  1. Stuff the chicken with the breadcrumb mixture.

  2. Place the stuffed chicken in a roasting pan and cover with tomato sauce.

  3. Roast in the oven for about 1 hour, or until the chicken is cooked through.

  4. Let rest before serving.

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. Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Onion + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Chicken + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,031 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  4. Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  5. Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

What each ingredient does

Breadcrumbs
Absorb juices and form a soft, moist stuffing inside the chicken.
Butter
Adds fat and richness to the onion as it softens and browns gently.
Onion
Adds savory sweetness and aroma to the stuffing once softened.
Tomato sauce
Adds moisture and acidity that keeps the chicken from drying as it roasts.

The step that matters

Roasting until the chicken is cooked through. Chicken must reach a safe internal temperature, and the stuffing cavity takes longer to heat than the meat. Check the thickest part and the stuffing before serving, since guessing from time alone can leave it undercooked.

Swap the onion

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

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Potatofits about as well
  3. Onionthe original
  4. Asparagusfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, butter, tomato, 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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