Name: Campbell's Kitchen Cheesy Chicken Casserole
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: vegetable cooking spray; 4 (4 ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cut into 1-inch pieces; 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms; 1 (10.75 ounce) can Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Celery Soup (Regular or 98% Fat Free); 1 (15 ounce) can peas, drained; 2 cups cooked instant white rice; 1 (10.75 ounce) can Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup (Regular or 98% Fat Free); 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

Why it works: Chicken and mushroom are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,172 recipes. Both carry 1-butyl acetate, which smells fruity, banana. The science ↓

Campbell's Kitchen Cheesy Chicken Casserole

4 servings

Prep15 min

Cook20 min

Ingredients

vegetable cooking spray
4 (4 ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
1 (10.75 ounce) can Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Celery Soup (Regular or 98% Fat Free)
1 (15 ounce) can peas, drained
2 cups cooked instant white rice
1 (10.75 ounce) can Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup (Regular or 98% Fat Free)
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

725Calories

51 gProtein

30 gFat

63 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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Mozzarella Cheese	1 oz (28g)	85
Pea	1/2 cup (72g)	62
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Mushrooms	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
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.

Chicken + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,172 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).
Chicken + ricetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,769 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).
Mushroom + ricetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,515 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Mushroom + peastop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together890 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Peas + ricetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,434 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, mushroom, cream, rice, mozzarella cheese):

Sesamefits better
Beansfits better
Peanutfits better
Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, mushroom, cream, rice, mozzarella cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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