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Chicken a LA Mayonnaise

A chilled chicken mixture of minced veal, ham, salad, tomato, and spices topped with mayonnaise and garnished with parsley and lobster coral.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Chicken a LA Mayonnaise

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. In a bowl, combine the minced veal, ham, lettuce, tomato, pepper, salt, and cayenne.

  2. Add half of the Mayonnaise sauce and mix well.

Assemble and garnish

  1. Transfer the mixture to the center of a serving dish.

  2. Create a border around the mixture with salad, seasoned with salt, sugar, vinegar, and salad oil.

  3. Cover the chicken mixture with the remaining Mayonnaise.

  4. Garnish with finely minced parsley and lobster coral.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

  1. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

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

  2. Lettuce + parsleytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,483 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  3. Sauce + lobstertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,095 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Lettuce + tomatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,655 recipes

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

  5. Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 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

What each ingredient does

Minced veal, chicken, or game
Provides the main protein, giving the filling its body and bite.
Minced ham or tongue
Adds savory, salty flavor and a firmer texture to the filling.
Mayonnaise sauce
Binds the minced ingredients and adds richness and moisture.
Tomato
Contributes moisture and gentle acidity to the filling.
Lettuce, celery, or any salad
Adds crisp texture and freshness to the filling and border.

Swap the lettuce

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (veal, ham, tomato, pepper, sauce, parsley, lobster):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Carrotfits better
  3. Shallotfits about as well
  4. Lettucethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against veal, ham, tomato, pepper, sauce, parsley, lobster. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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