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Chicken with Mushrooms

A creamy chicken and mushroom dish served over toast or in patty cases.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Chicken and mushroom are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,172 recipes. Both carry 1-butyl acetate, which smells fruity, banana. The science ↓

Chicken with Mushrooms

Ingredients

Directions

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

Make the sauce

  1. In a saucepan, melt the butter and stir in the cornstarch until smooth.

  2. Gradually add the hot chicken broth, stirring continuously.

  3. Add the hot milk and the beaten egg, cooking for 1 minute while stirring.

Finish and serve

  1. Stir in the chicken, mushrooms, and celery, then season with salt and pepper.

  2. Serve on toast or in patty cases.

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 + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,172 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).

  2. Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  4. Mushroom + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  5. Mushroom + celerytop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,006 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Butter
Adds richness and flavor to the roux base of the sauce.
Cornstarch
Thickens the liquid into a smooth sauce when heated.
Chicken broth
Supplies the main savory liquid for the sauce.
Milk
Adds creaminess and body to the sauce.
Egg
Enriches the sauce and helps it set slightly when cooked.
Chicken
Provides the main protein and substance of the dish.

The step that matters

Adding the egg and milk. Cooking the sauce with the beaten egg for a full minute while stirring is needed to thicken the egg safely without curdling it into lumps. Keep the heat moderate and stir constantly so the mixture stays smooth.

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, mushroom, milk, egg, butter, pepper):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Nutmegfits about as well
  4. Celerythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, mushroom, milk, egg, butter, 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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