Name: Chicken with Green Olives, Rosemary & Tomatoes
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: olive oil; 6 skinless, boneless chicken thighs , trimmed of all fat and halved; 2 garlic cloves , sliced; 2 sprigs rosemary , needles chopped; 2 x 400g tins chopped tomato; 1 x 400g tin cannellini bean; 10 green olives , pitted and halved; crusty bread , to serve

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 ↓

Chicken with Green Olives, Rosemary & Tomatoes

Serves 4

Ingredients

olive oil
6 skinless, boneless chicken thighs , trimmed of all fat and halved
2 garlic cloves , sliced
2 sprigs rosemary , needles chopped
2 x 400g tins chopped tomato
1 x 400g tin cannellini bean
10 green olives , pitted and halved
crusty bread , to serve

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

773Calories

45 gProtein

19 gFat

102 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Rosemary	1 tsp dried (1.2g)	4
Olive	1 large (4g)	4
Cannellini Bean	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.

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).
Olive + rosemarytop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,590 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14,076 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Clove + rosemarytop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together519 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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 (olive, chicken, garlic, rosemary, tomato, bread):

Thymefits better
Oreganofits better
Basilfits better
Clovethe original

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

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