Name: Biscuit-Topped Chicken Pot Pie
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 5 servings
Ingredients: 2 (10.75 ounce) cans Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Potato Soup; 1 cup milk; 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves, crushed; 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper; 4 cups cooked cut-up vegetables*; 2 cups cubed cooked chicken; 1 (10 ounce) can refrigerated biscuits

Why it works: Thyme and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,585 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Biscuit-Topped Chicken Pot Pie

5 servings

Prep15 min

Cook30 min

Ingredients

2 (10.75 ounce) cans Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Potato Soup
1 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves, crushed
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
4 cups cooked cut-up vegetables*
2 cups cubed cooked chicken
1 (10 ounce) can refrigerated biscuits

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

822Calories

47 gProtein

38 gFat

74 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Biscuit	1 medium (45g)	166
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Soup	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.

Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,585 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Potato + thymetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,586 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Potato + chickentop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,756 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).
Potato + peppertop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,305 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Potato + milktop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,611 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).

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

Swap the thyme

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, potato, milk, pepper, chicken, biscuit):

Nutmegfits better
Garlicfits about as well
Celeryfits about as well
Thymethe original

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

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