Name: Chicken and Leek Casserole
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 4 whole skinless, boneless chicken breasts; 2 leeks, chopped; 1 (10.5 ounce) can condensed vegetable soup; 1 cup white wine; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch single crust pie

Why it works: Chicken and leek work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 165 recipes. Both carry ethyl butyrate, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Chicken and Leek Casserole

8 servings

Ingredients

4 whole skinless, boneless chicken breasts
2 leeks, chopped
1 (10.5 ounce) can condensed vegetable soup
1 cup white wine
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch single crust pie

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

809Calories

45 gProtein

18 gFat

106 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 8 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Soup	not in our table	0
Pastry	not in our table	0
Pie	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.

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.

Chicken + leektop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together165 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).
Chicken + white winetop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,904 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).
Leek + white winetop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together44 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

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

Swap the leek

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, white wine):

Onionfits better
Tomatofits better
Capsicumfits better
Leekthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, white wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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