Why it works: Butter and pasta work together. They rank in the top 26% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 974 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓
Boiled Chicken
Ingredients
Directions
In a saucepan, bring 1 quart of water to a boil and add a little salt and a pat of butter.
Once boiling, add the chicken and simmer for about 25 minutes.
While the chicken cooks, dice the assorted vegetables.
After 25 minutes, remove the chicken and strain the broth through a sieve.
Return the broth to the heat and add the vermicelli or pasta; cook for 5 minutes.
Serve the boiled chicken with the broth and vegetables.
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.
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Butter + pastatop 26% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together974 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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