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Chicken with Harissa & Tomatoes

Quick and easy midweek chicken supper recipe, with just a little hint of spice

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Chicken with Harissa & Tomatoes

Why it works: Olive and oregano match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,443 recipes. Both carry 2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

Chicken with Harissa & Tomatoes

Serves 4
Prep2 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

402Calories
34 gProtein
18 gFat
28 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Olive1 large (4g)4
Harissanot in our table0
Rosenot in our table0

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. Olive + oreganotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,443 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  2. Olive + cherry tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Chicken + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,888 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid hexyl ester (sweet, green).

  4. Oregano + cherry tomatotop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  5. Chicken + oreganotop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,255 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-undecalactone (peach, sweet).

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

Swap the harissa

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, rose, olive, oregano, cherry tomato):

  1. Basilfits better
  2. Garlicfits better
  3. Rosemaryfits better
  4. Harissathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, rose, olive, oregano, cherry tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.