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Balsamic Goat Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts

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Balsamic Goat Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Why it works: Olive and goat cheese work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 573 recipes. Both carry methyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells apple, fatty. The science ↓

Balsamic Goat Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts

2 servings
Prep15 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

397Calories
37 gProtein
26 gFat
2 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Goat Cheese1 oz (28g)103
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3

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. Olive + goat cheesetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together573 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  2. Olive + chickentop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,888 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid hexyl ester (sweet, green).

  3. Olive + shallottop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,659 recipes

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

  4. Olive + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,297 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  5. Shallot + vinegartop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,374 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, vinegar, chicken, goat cheese):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Onionfits better
  4. Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, vinegar, chicken, goat cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.