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All-in-one Chicken, Squash & New Potato Casserole

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By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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All-in-one Chicken, Squash & New Potato Casserole

Why it works: Thyme and clove match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,108 recipes. Both carry cuminaldehyde, which smells Spicy, cumin. The science ↓

All-in-one Chicken, Squash & New Potato Casserole

Serves 2
Prep10 min
Cook35 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

400Calories
39 gProtein
5 gFat
52 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 10 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Olive1 large (4g)4
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Coriandernot in our table0
French Beannot 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. Thyme + clovetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,108 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  2. Butternut squash + beanstop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together58 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Coriander + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,474 recipes

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

  4. Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,517 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Thyme + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,608 recipes

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

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butternut squash, potato, coriander, thyme, chicken, garlic, beans):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Rosemaryfits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butternut squash, potato, coriander, thyme, chicken, garlic, beans. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.