Name: All-in-one Chicken Traybake
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 4 chicken breasts, skin on; 750g new potatoes , sliced; large pinch dried thyme or fresh if you have it; 4 garlic cloves , peeled, but left whole; 450g jar mixed roasted peppers , cut into bite-size pieces; 2 oranges , each cut into eight segments; 200g jar pitted black olives in brine, drained

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 Traybake

Serves 4

Ingredients

2 tbsp olive oil
4 chicken breasts, skin on
750g new potatoes , sliced
large pinch dried thyme or fresh if you have it
4 garlic cloves , peeled, but left whole
450g jar mixed roasted peppers , cut into bite-size pieces
2 oranges , each cut into eight segments
200g jar pitted black olives in brine, drained

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

525Calories

37 gProtein

18 gFat

56 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Olive	1 large (4g)	4

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.

Thyme + clovetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,108 recipes

Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,585 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Olive + thymetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,948 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,517 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, chicken, potato, thyme, garlic, clove, pepper):

Limefits better
Lemonfits better
Avocadofits better
Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, chicken, potato, thyme, garlic, clove, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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