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Poached Chicken with Vegetable & Orzo Broth

Try this speedy supper when you want something light but warming for a midweek meal

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Poached Chicken with Vegetable & Orzo Broth

Why it works: Carrot and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 21,601 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Poached Chicken with Vegetable & Orzo Broth

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

256Calories
34 gProtein
4 gFat
21 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Savoy Cabbage1 cup shredded (89g)22

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. Carrot + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together21,601 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Carrot + cabbagetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,505 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Cabbage + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,001 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  5. Chicken + carrottop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,338 recipes

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

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

Swap the cabbage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, carrot, onion):

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Leekfits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Cabbagethe original

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