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Chicken Cordon Bleu

Our chicken cordon bleu contains some sweet cranberry sauce as well as the classic cheese and ham combo. Fry first and then bake in the oven for a super-crisp coating.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Sunflower and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 568 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Chicken Cordon Bleu

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

992Calories
78 gProtein
24 gFat
109 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
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Chicken100g cooked165
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cranberry1 cup raw (100g)46
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Saucenot in our table0
Sunflower Oilnot 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 bbcfood. 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. Sunflower + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together568 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  2. Cranberry + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together218 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Flour + sunflowertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together803 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Cranberry + sunflowertop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Chicken + hamtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,497 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Swap the cranberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, ham, sauce, flour, egg, sunflower, pepper):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Limefits better
  4. Cranberrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, ham, sauce, flour, egg, sunflower, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.