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Roast Chicken with Braised Celery Hearts

This simple, one-pan dish is a feast of tender chicken and fresh autumnal flavours

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Celery and chicken are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 5,374 recipes mention both. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat the oven to 425°F (220°C). Rub the butter all over the chicken, then place it in a roasting pan with the garlic cloves.

  2. Roast the chicken for about 1 hour 15 minutes, until the thickest part of the thigh reaches 165°F (74°C). Rest it for 10 minutes before carving.

  3. Meanwhile, put the celery halves cut-side down in a wide pot with the carrots, bay leaves, thyme sprigs and stock. Bring to a simmer over medium heat.

  4. Cover the pot and braise over low heat for 40 minutes, turning the celery once, until it is tender.

  5. Uncover, raise the heat and simmer for 10 minutes to reduce the braising liquid slightly.

  6. Carve the chicken and serve with the celery and carrots, spooning over the braising liquid and sprinkling with the chopped parsley.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Celery + chickentop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together5,374 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  2. Celery + carrottop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together10,172 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  3. Carrot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together8,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  4. Thyme + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together9,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  5. Celery + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together6,805 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, celery, carrot, thyme, chicken, parsley):

  1. Marjorambetter flavor fit
  2. Rosemarybetter flavor fit
  3. Tarragonbetter flavor fit
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, celery, carrot, thyme, chicken, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).