Creole Rice with Chicken

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. Rice + chickentop 5% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together4,769 recipes

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

2. Rice + tomatotop 6% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together3,065 recipes

   Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What each ingredient does

Cooked rice

Forms the bulk of the dish and absorbs flavour from the gravy and tomato.

Chicken gravy

Adds moisture and savoury flavour that coats the rice and chicken.

Tomato pulp

Adds acidity and a tomato flavour that gives the dish its Creole character.

Diced cooked chicken

Provides the protein and meaty texture of the dish.

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, chicken, onion, tomato):

1. Beansfits better
2. Sesamefits better
3. Black-eyed peafits better
4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, chicken, onion, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.