Name: Roast Chicken with Butternut Squash, Chorizo & Chilli
Prep time: 35 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 large free-range chicken (about 2.25kg/5lb); 4 medium red onions , 1 halved, the rest cut into wedges; 1 tbsp olive oil , plus extra for greasing; 12 sage leaves, 8 shredded, 4 left whole, plus an extra sprig to garnish; 1 butternut squash , peeled and cut into large, chunky wedges; 500g pack Charlotte potatoes , halved; 2 red chillies , seeds left in and sliced; 110g pack chorizo sausages, sliced; 1 garlic bulb, separated into cloves

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 ↓

Roast Chicken with Butternut Squash, Chorizo & Chilli

Serves 6

Prep35 min

Ingredients

1 large free-range chicken (about 2.25kg/5lb)
4 medium red onions , 1 halved, the rest cut into wedges
1 tbsp olive oil , plus extra for greasing
12 sage leaves, 8 shredded, 4 left whole, plus an extra sprig to garnish
1 butternut squash , peeled and cut into large, chunky wedges
500g pack Charlotte potatoes , halved
2 red chillies , seeds left in and sliced
110g pack chorizo sausages, sliced
1 garlic bulb, separated into cloves

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

803Calories

49 gProtein

45 gFat

52 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 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
Sausage	100g cooked	301
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Red Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Sage	1 tsp ground (0.7g)	2
Pumpkin	not in our table	0
Seed	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 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).
Sage + butternut squashtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together157 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,517 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 (chicken, onion, olive, sage, butternut squash, potato, garlic):

Thymefits better
Rosemaryfits better
Cuminfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, onion, olive, sage, butternut squash, potato, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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