Name: Baked Italian Lemon Chicken
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: cooking spray; 5 tablespoons butter, melted; 2 tablespoons lemon juice; 1 (.7 ounce) package dry Italian salad dressing mix (such as Good Seasons®); 1 cup panko bread crumbs; 1 tablespoon garlic salt; 1 teaspoon lemon pepper; 4 (4 ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, thinly sliced

Why it works: Lemon and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,047 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Baked Italian Lemon Chicken

4 servings

Prep20 min

Cook25 min

Ingredients

cooking spray
5 tablespoons butter, melted
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 (.7 ounce) package dry Italian salad dressing mix (such as Good Seasons®)
1 cup panko bread crumbs
1 tablespoon garlic salt
1 teaspoon lemon pepper
4 (4 ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, thinly sliced

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

740Calories

45 gProtein

16 gFat

100 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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Salad Dressing	not in our table	0

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.

Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together27,047 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,232 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
Garlic + chickentop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,850 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).
Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,090 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Lemon + garlictop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,893 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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