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Crispy Chicken Broccoli Bake

A great dish to serve up for friends. Easy to make and very tasty.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Milk and cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,426 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Crispy Chicken Broccoli Bake

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

569Calories
56 gProtein
27 gFat
25 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 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
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Soupnot 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. Milk + cheesetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,426 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Chicken + milktop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,389 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).

  3. Chicken + cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,936 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  4. Chicken + broccolitop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,237 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity).

  5. Broccoli + cheesetop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together420 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexyl acetate (fruity, apple).

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

Swap the broccoli

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, milk, cheese):

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Broccolithe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, milk, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.