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Bow Ties, Zucchini, Carrots, and Chicken

"This is our family spin-off on the ever popular 'Ziti, Broccoli and Chicken.' As one of my kids does NOT like 'trees,' I came up with this recipe. Somewhat time-consuming to make but we really enjoy it!"

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Bow Ties, Zucchini, Carrots, and Chicken

Why it works: Garlic and pasta match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,079 recipes mention both. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

Bow Ties, Zucchini, Carrots, and Chicken

8 servings
Prep25 min
Cook45 min

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Garlic + pastatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,079 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Clove + carrottop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,873 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  5. Olive + pastatop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,227 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, garlic, pepper, chicken, carrot, pasta, butter):

  1. Parsleybetter flavor fit
  2. Thymebetter flavor fit
  3. Cuminbetter flavor fit
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, garlic, pepper, chicken, carrot, pasta, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).