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Chicken Dressing

"This recipe came from my Grandmother and is a family tradition--a great dish which is eaten instead of stuffing here in the South."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Chicken Dressing

Why it works: Sage and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,388 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Chicken Dressing

6 to 8 servings
Prep15 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

569Calories
42 gProtein
28 gFat
36 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Biscuit1 medium (45g)166
Chicken100g cooked165
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Sage1 tsp ground (0.7g)2
Cornbreadnot 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. Sage + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,388 recipes

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

  2. Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Celery + sagetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together723 recipes

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

  4. Cornbread + biscuittop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Celery + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the sage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, cornbread, biscuit, celery, onion, egg, pepper):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Garlicfits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Sagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, cornbread, biscuit, celery, onion, egg, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.