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Chicken Parmesan Recipe

A recipe for the dish that defines Italian-American food.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Chicken Parmesan Recipe

Why it works: Olive and basil are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,063 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Chicken Parmesan Recipe

6 servings
Prep35 min
Cook50 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1168Calories
75 gProtein
45 gFat
111 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Olive + basiltop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,063 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  3. Chicken + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,888 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid hexyl ester (sweet, green).

  4. Parmesan cheese + olivetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Parmesan cheese + basiltop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,599 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

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

Swap the basil

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, pepper, flour, milk, egg, parmesan cheese, olive):

  1. Basilthe original
  2. Garlicfits about as well
  3. Parsleyfits about as well
  4. Rosemaryfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, pepper, flour, milk, egg, parmesan cheese, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.