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Chicken Breasts with Shallots and Green Beans Recipe

I had these ingredients in my fridge and just started to chop and toss everything in and it all came together deliciously! I served it with Quinoa Angel Hair...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Oregano and rosemary match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 344 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Chicken Breasts with Shallots and Green Beans Recipe

2 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

457Calories
43 gProtein
28 gFat
7 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
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 chow. 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. Oregano + rosemarytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together344 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Garlic + oreganotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,756 recipes

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

  3. Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Garlic + rosemarytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,180 recipes

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

  5. Shallot + beanstop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together147 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, beans, chicken, apple cider vinegar, oregano, rosemary, butter):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, beans, chicken, apple cider vinegar, oregano, rosemary, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.