Name: Caprese-Style Chicken Breasts
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 boneless chicken breasts (8oz each), sliced in half crosswise, yielding 4 pieces; Salt & black pepper to taste; 1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil; 4 cloves garlic, minced; pinch red pepper flakes; 2 oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice; 2 plum tomatoes, sliced into 8 slices each; 2 oz. part-skim mozzarella, shredded (can use any other cheese); 2 oz. fresh basil, finely chopped

Why it works: Olive and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Caprese-Style Chicken Breasts

Serves 4

Ingredients

2 boneless chicken breasts (8oz each), sliced in half crosswise, yielding 4 pieces
Salt & black pepper to taste
1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
4 cloves garlic, minced
pinch red pepper flakes
2 oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 plum tomatoes, sliced into 8 slices each
2 oz. part-skim mozzarella, shredded (can use any other cheese)
2 oz. fresh basil, finely chopped

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

565Calories

47 gProtein

34 gFat

21 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 12 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Mozzarella Cheese	1 oz (28g)	85
Plum	1 medium (66g)	30
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Basil	5 leaves fresh (2.5g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	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.

Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,539 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together27,047 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14,076 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together17,451 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Swap the plum

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, pepper, olive, clove, garlic, lemon, tomato):

Limefits better
Avocadofits better
Cherryfits better
Plumthe original

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

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