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Why it works: Chicken and peas match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,528 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4Makes about ½ cup

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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By biggirlssmallkitchen. 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 + peastop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,528 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Pepper + celerytop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together16,001 recipes

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

  3. Lettuce + peastop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,293 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  4. Chicken + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,839 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  5. Lettuce + celerytop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,033 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the safflower

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, buttermilk, flour, pepper, garlic, lettuce, celery):

  1. Parsleybetter flavor fit
  2. Tarragonbetter flavor fit
  3. Dillbetter flavor fit
  4. Safflowerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, buttermilk, flour, pepper, garlic, lettuce, celery. 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).