Name: Pan-fried Chicken with Tomato & Olive Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts; 1 small onion , halved and very thinly sliced; 2 garlic cloves , shredded; 400g ripe tomatoes , finely chopped; 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar; 6 pimiento-stuffed green olives , thickly sliced; 300ml chicken stock; generous handful basil leaves

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Pan-fried Chicken with Tomato & Olive Sauce

Serves 2

Prep10 min

Cook25 min

Ingredients

2 tbsp olive oil
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 small onion , halved and very thinly sliced
2 garlic cloves , shredded
400g ripe tomatoes , finely chopped
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
6 pimiento-stuffed green olives , thickly sliced
300ml chicken stock
generous handful basil leaves

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

362Calories

34 gProtein

18 gFat

16 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Olive	1 large (4g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Basil	5 leaves fresh (2.5g)	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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,539 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Tomato + basiltop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,979 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14,076 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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 (olive, chicken, onion, garlic, tomato, vinegar, basil):

Thymefits better
Oreganofits better
Cuminfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, chicken, onion, garlic, tomato, vinegar, basil. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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