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Chicken and Bacon Shish Kabobs

"Tangy marinated chicken and mushrooms, wrapped in bacon and skewered. Excellent for entertaining and trying something new! These are a must try! (They can also be broiled instead of grilled if low on time.)"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Mushroom and chicken match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 4,171 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-butyl acetate, which smells fruity, banana. The science ↓

The recipe

6 servings
Prep25 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Contains: soy (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Whisk the soy sauce, cider vinegar, honey, canola oil and minced green onions together in a bowl, reserving about half of the marinade in a separate small bowl.

  2. Add the chicken chunks to the bowl with the remaining marinade, cover, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

  3. Cook the bacon pieces in a skillet over medium heat for about 5 minutes, turning, until just beginning to crisp. Drain on paper towels.

  4. Preheat a grill or broiler to medium-high heat, about 400°F (204°C), and lightly oil the grates.

  5. Drain the chicken and thread onto skewers alternating with bacon pieces, mushroom halves and drained pineapple chunks.

  6. Bring the reserved marinade to a boil in a small saucepan and simmer for 1 minute to make it safe to use as a baste.

  7. Grill the skewers, turning every few minutes and brushing with the boiled marinade, for 10 to 12 minutes until the chicken reaches 165°F (74°C) in the thickest part and the bacon is crisp.

  8. Rest the skewers for 3 minutes before serving.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Mushroom + chickentop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,171 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).

  2. Onion + chickentop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together17,808 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  3. Cider + vinegartop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together402 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

  4. Vinegar + honeytop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,583 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Cider + honeytop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together109 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl decanoate (grape, waxy).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, cider, vinegar, honey, canola oil, mushroom, chicken):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  3. Mustardbetter flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, cider, vinegar, honey, canola oil, mushroom, chicken. 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).