Name: Chicken and Eggplant Alfredo
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: 5 cups vegetable oil; 4 eggs, beaten; 2 cups milk; 5 cups dry Italian bread crumbs; 3 large eggplants, sliced into 1/3 inch rounds; 3 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into strips and pounded to 1/4 inch thick; 16 ounces mozzarella cheese, grated; 2 (16 ounce) jars Alfredo Sauce

Why it works: Milk and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,466 recipes. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓

Chicken and Eggplant Alfredo

12 servings

Prep45 min

Cook1 hr 20 min

Ingredients

5 cups vegetable oil
4 eggs, beaten
2 cups milk
5 cups dry Italian bread crumbs
3 large eggplants, sliced into 1/3 inch rounds
3 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into strips and pounded to 1/4 inch thick
16 ounces mozzarella cheese, grated
2 (16 ounce) jars Alfredo Sauce

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1086Calories

65 gProtein

38 gFat

117 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Mozzarella Cheese	1 oz (28g)	85
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Eggplant	1 cup cubed (82g)	35
Sauce	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.

Milk + breadtop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,466 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Eggplant + mozzarella cheesetop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together146 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).
Milk + chickentop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,389 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).
Egg + breadtop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together22,662 recipes

Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).
Chicken + mozzarella cheesetop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together600 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the eggplant

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, milk, bread, chicken, mozzarella cheese, sauce):

Tomatofits better
Capsicumfits better
Asparagusfits better
Eggplantthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, milk, bread, chicken, mozzarella cheese, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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