Name: Chicken and Biscuits
Yield: Makes 6 to 8 servings
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1 1/2 pounds skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs; Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper; 8 medium carrots (about 1 lb.), peeled, cut into 2" pieces; 1 small celery root (about 12 ounces), peeled, cut into 1/2" pieces; 1 medium onion, chopped; 1 leek, white and pale-green parts only, chopped; 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter; 1/4 cup all-purpose flour; 1 cup dry white wine; 4 cups low-sodium chicken broth; 4 sprigs thyme; 1 sprig rosemary; 2 bay leaves; 1 1/2 teaspoons (or more) Sherry vinegar; 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour plus more; 2 teaspoons kosher salt; 3/4 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2" cubes; 3/4 cup buttermilk; 2 tablespoons crème fraîche or sour cream; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives; 1 large egg, beaten to blend

Why it works: Carrot and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,173 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

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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.

Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10,173 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
Carrot + leektop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,310 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Celery + leektop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,093 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Onion + leektop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,326 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).
Pepper + celerytop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together16,012 recipes

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

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, pepper, carrot, celery, leek, butter, flour):

Turnipfits better
Parsnipfits better
Chivefits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, pepper, carrot, celery, leek, butter, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Rosemary	1 tsp dried (1.2g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Bay Leaf	1 leaf (0.6g)	2
Chives	1 tbsp (3g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Chicken and Biscuits