Name: Campbell's Kitchen Savory Chicken Stew
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into 1" pieces; 1 (10.75 ounce) can Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Chicken & Broccoli Soup; 1/2 cup milk; 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper; 4 small red potatoes, cut into quarters; 2 medium carrots, sliced; 1 cup broccoli flowerets

Why it works: Potato and carrot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,107 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Campbell's Kitchen Savory Chicken Stew

4 servings

Prep10 min

Cook30 min

Ingredients

1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into 1" pieces
1 (10.75 ounce) can Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Chicken & Broccoli Soup
1/2 cup milk
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
4 small red potatoes, cut into quarters
2 medium carrots, sliced
1 cup broccoli flowerets

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

731Calories

48 gProtein

32 gFat

68 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
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	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.

Potato + carrottop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,107 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Broccoli + potatotop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together910 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Pepper + carrottop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together14,555 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Broccoli + carrottop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,442 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
Chicken + potatotop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,756 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).

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

Swap the broccoli

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

Capsicumfits better
Onionfits better
Spinachfits better
Broccolithe original

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

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