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Chicken Breasts with Plum Salsa and Basmati Rice

"Skinless chicken breasts are seasoned with rosemary and pan-fried, then served over basmati rice with a unique, sweet and spicy plum and habaneros salsa. Pair with green beans and toasted pine nuts."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Basmati rice and chicken work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 289 recipes mention both. Both carry trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

The recipe

2 servings
Prep30 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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

  1. Combine the chopped plums, minced red onion, minced habaneros, minced cilantro, sugar, a pinch of salt and pepper in a bowl. Stir, cover and refrigerate while you cook the rest.

  2. Rinse and drain the basmati rice. Bring the water to a boil in a saucepan with a pinch of salt, stir in the rice, cover, and reduce to low heat for about 15 minutes until the water is absorbed.

  3. Remove the rice from the heat and let it stand covered for 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork.

  4. Pat the chicken breasts dry and season both sides with the minced rosemary, salt and pepper.

  5. Heat the vegetable oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the chicken for about 5 to 6 minutes per side until it reaches 165°F (74°C) in the thickest part.

  6. Rest the chicken for 3 minutes, then slice or serve whole with the rice and spoon the plum salsa over the top.

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. Basmati rice + chickentop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together289 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  2. Pepper + rosemarytop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,324 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

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

  4. Chicken + rosemarytop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,075 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Plum + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together443 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the rosemary

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (basmati rice, plum, onion, pepper, sugar, chicken):

  1. Gingerbetter flavor fit
  2. Garlicbetter flavor fit
  3. Cardamombetter flavor fit
  4. Rosemarythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against basmati rice, plum, onion, pepper, sugar, 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).