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Bacon-topped Cheesy Chicken Breasts Recipe

This is a simple, 3-ingredient dish that is more than the sum of its parts. Make the most of the delicious sauce by serving over rice, mashed potato, or couscous...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Chicken and cream cheese work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 380 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

Bacon-topped Cheesy Chicken Breasts Recipe

8 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

472Calories
37 gProtein
30 gFat
12 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. 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. Chicken + cream cheesetop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together380 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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