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Basil Chicken and Vegetables

"Golden chicken breasts simmer with a colorful vegetable medley in a creamy sauce."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Basil Chicken and Vegetables

Why it works: Broccoli and cauliflower match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 127 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Basil Chicken and Vegetables

4 servings
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

691Calories
44 gProtein
45 gFat
31 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Soupnot 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.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Broccoli + cauliflowertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together127 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Basil + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  3. Basil + carrottop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,113 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  4. Pepper + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,555 recipes

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

  5. Broccoli + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,442 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

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

Swap the basil

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, cream, milk, pepper, broccoli, cauliflower, carrot):

  1. Celeryfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Basilthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, cream, milk, pepper, broccoli, cauliflower, carrot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.