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Harissa Chicken Traybake with Peppers & Feta

Roast up some chicken with North African spices and storecupboard peppers for a great last-minute supper

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Harissa Chicken Traybake with Peppers & Feta

Why it works: Chicken and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,814 recipes. Both carry gamma-nonanolactone, which smells coconut, sweet. The science ↓

Harissa Chicken Traybake with Peppers & Feta

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook35 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

698Calories
49 gProtein
33 gFat
52 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Couscous1 cup cooked (157g)176
Chicken100g cooked165
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Harissanot 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 bbcgoodfood. 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. Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  2. Onion + feta cheesetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

  3. Red wine + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together575 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  4. Pepper + pinetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together687 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the harissa

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (red wine, vinegar, chicken, onion, pepper, feta cheese, pine):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Rosemaryfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Harissathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against red wine, vinegar, chicken, onion, pepper, feta cheese, pine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.