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One-pot Chicken with Braised Vegetables

A good one-pot can save the day when you have no time and hungry mouths to feed. This has bags of flavour and can easily serve four

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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One-pot Chicken with Braised Vegetables

Why it works: Shallot and tarragon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 602 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

One-pot Chicken with Braised Vegetables

Serves 4
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

613Calories
44 gProtein
19 gFat
61 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Tarragon1 tsp dried (0.5g)2
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1

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. Shallot + tarragontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together602 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Shallot + peastop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together173 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

  3. Chicken + potatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,756 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).

  4. Butter + white winetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,083 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Potato + peastop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,016 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

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

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, butter, potato, shallot, white wine, tarragon):

  1. Chestnutfits about as well
  2. Beansfits about as well
  3. Peasthe original
  4. Chickpeafits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, butter, potato, shallot, white wine, tarragon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.