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Two-Day Chicken in Mushroom and Onion Sauce Recipe

Why is it called Two-Day Chicken? Because it's two dishes in one. The first night is a succulent chicken in a mushroom and onion sauce, while leftovers (if there...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Two-Day Chicken in Mushroom and Onion Sauce Recipe

4-6 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

891Calories
65 gProtein
17 gFat
116 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Soupnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Oregano + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,184 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Garlic + oreganotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,756 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

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

  5. Garlic + parsleytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,308 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Swap the oregano

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, mushroom, onion, cream, garlic, parsley, butter):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Celeryfits about as well
  3. Capersfits about as well
  4. Oreganothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, mushroom, onion, cream, garlic, parsley, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.