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Anniversary Chicken

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By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Anniversary Chicken

Why it works: Ranch and cheddar cheese work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 119 recipes. Both carry gamma-decalactone, which smells peach, creamy. The science ↓

Anniversary Chicken

6 servings
Prep30 min
Cook35 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

485Calories
42 gProtein
30 gFat
11 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
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Saucenot in our table0
Salad Dressingnot 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.

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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. Ranch + cheddar cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together119 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  2. Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

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

  3. Onion + parsleytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,843 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Chicken + cheddar cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,312 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  5. Cheddar cheese + oniontop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,669 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, sauce, ranch, cheddar cheese, onion):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Celeryfits better
  3. Cuminfits better
  4. Parsleythe original

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