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Aromatic Chicken with Sultanas

Fry this chicken with sultanas and spices and savour the wonderful aroma

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Why it works: Sunflower and cardamom share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 52 recipes mention both. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 6
Prep5 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat the oil in a large lidded pan over medium heat. Add the chopped onion and cook, stirring, for 10 minutes until softened and golden.

  2. Add the bay leaves, cinnamon sticks and lightly crushed cardamom pods and cook for 1 minute until fragrant.

  3. Stir in the korma curry paste and cook for 2 minutes, then add the chicken thighs and turn them to coat well in the spices.

  4. Add a splash of water to loosen the pan, scatter over the sultanas, cover and simmer gently over low heat for 25 minutes, turning the chicken once halfway.

  5. Uncover and cook for 5 minutes more to reduce the liquid. Check that the thickest part of the chicken reaches 165°F (74°C) before serving.

  6. Remove the pan from the heat and let it cool slightly. Stir the Greek yogurt in gradually so the sauce stays smooth and does not split.

  7. Discard the bay leaves and cinnamon sticks, then stir in most of the chopped coriander leaves and stems.

  8. Scatter the remaining coriander over the chicken and serve hot.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Sunflower + cardamomtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together52 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Cinnamon + cardamomtop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,299 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Cardamom + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together872 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Sunflower + coriandertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together369 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Cinnamon + coriandertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,635 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sunflower, chicken, cinnamon, cardamom, yogurt, coriander):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Potatobetter flavor fit
  3. Carrotbetter flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sunflower, chicken, cinnamon, cardamom, yogurt, coriander. 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).