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Asian Chicken and Rice Bake

"Sweet 'n' sour seasoning for a creamy mushroom sauce gives this chicken 'n' rice casserole an exotic note."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Rice and chicken match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 4,569 recipes mention both. Both carry (e,e)-2,4-decadienal, which smells fatty, deep fried. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Prep5 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Contains: soy (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch (23x33 cm) baking dish.

  2. In a bowl, whisk the condensed mushroom soup, water, soy sauce, cider vinegar, honey and garlic powder until smooth.

  3. Spread the uncooked long-grain rice evenly in the bottom of the baking dish.

  4. Place the chicken breast halves on top of the rice in a single layer.

  5. Pour the soup mixture evenly over the chicken and rice, making sure the rice is covered by the sauce.

  6. Sprinkle the chicken generously with paprika.

  7. Cover the dish tightly with foil and bake for 30 minutes.

  8. Uncover and bake for another 15 minutes, until the rice is tender, the sauce is bubbling and the chicken reaches 165°F (74°C) in the thickest part.

By allrecipes. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Rice + chickentop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,569 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

  2. Chicken + mushroomtop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,171 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).

  3. Chicken + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,839 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  4. Cider + vinegartop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together402 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

  5. Mushroom + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together4,685 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, chicken, mushroom, sauce, cider, vinegar, honey):

  1. Thymeabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Gingerabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Garlicthe original
  4. Pepperabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, chicken, mushroom, sauce, cider, vinegar, honey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).