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Peach Chicken

This fruity, high protein, gluten free chicken recipe is delicious; in winter I use a bag of frozen organic peaches to bring back the sweet taste of summer.

By elanaspantry · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Chicken and peach match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and 115 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, green. The science ↓

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Serves 6

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By elanaspantry. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Chicken + peachtop 15% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together115 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

  2. Shallot + thymetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,467 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Chicken + thymetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together3,173 recipes

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

  4. Chicken + shallottop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together727 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

  5. Peach + thymetop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together40 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, peach, thyme):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Potatobetter flavor fit
  4. Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, peach, thyme. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).