Name: Chicken Marsala - Fast & Easy Recipe
Ingredients: Chicken Breast 2 (Pounded thin is prefered); 1 tablespoon Butter; 1 tablespoon Olive Oil (or 2 tablespon of butter or just Olive oil); 1 Can Cream of Mushroom Soup (no preference in brand, but a good tasting one); 1/4 Cup Marsala Wine (more or less depending on taste buds); Fresh thinly sliced white or brown mushroom (optional); Salt & Pepper

Why it works: Chicken and mushroom are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,172 recipes. Both carry 1-butyl acetate, which smells fruity, banana. The science ↓

Chicken Marsala - Fast & Easy Recipe

Ingredients

Chicken Breast 2 (Pounded thin is prefered)
1 tablespoon Butter
1 tablespoon Olive Oil (or 2 tablespon of butter or just Olive oil)
1 Can Cream of Mushroom Soup (no preference in brand, but a good tasting one)
1/4 Cup Marsala Wine (more or less depending on taste buds)
Fresh thinly sliced white or brown mushroom (optional)
Salt & Pepper

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

483Calories

34 gProtein

34 gFat

5 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Soup	not in our table	0

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.

Chicken + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,172 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).
Olive + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,571 recipes

Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Butter + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together12,525 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
Mushroom + winetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,632 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-propylphenol (allspice, anise).
Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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