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Candied Chicken Breasts

"Breaded chicken breasts baked with a sweet, sticky sauce with a bite. Very easy to prepare. This is a family favorite, and if you want to impress someone, this is just the thing!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Candied Chicken Breasts

Why it works: Oregano and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,449 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Candied Chicken Breasts

10 servings
Prep15 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

959Calories
49 gProtein
19 gFat
148 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

  1. Oregano + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Sugar + ketchuptop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together260 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Pepper + mustardtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,430 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Oregano + mustardtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together277 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Flour + mustardtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,066 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the oregano

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, bread, flour, pepper, sugar, mustard, ketchup):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Celeryfits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Oreganothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, bread, flour, pepper, sugar, mustard, ketchup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.