Name: Chicken Lasagna with White Sauce
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese; 2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of mushroom soup; 1 1/2 cups milk; 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained; 1 egg; 1 pint part-skim ricotta cheese; 12 lasagne noodles, cooked and drained; 2 cups diced, cooked chicken meat; 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Why it works: Mushroom and chicken are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,172 recipes. Both carry 1-butyl acetate, which smells fruity, banana. The science ↓

Chicken Lasagna with White Sauce

8 servings

Ingredients

2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of mushroom soup
1 1/2 cups milk
1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
1 egg
1 pint part-skim ricotta cheese
12 lasagne noodles, cooked and drained
2 cups diced, cooked chicken meat
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

834Calories

76 gProtein

46 gFat

24 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Ricotta Cheese	1/2 cup (124g) part-skim	174
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Mozzarella Cheese	1 oz (28g)	85
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Spinach	1 cup raw (30g)	7
Soup	not in our table	0
Meat	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.

Mushroom + chickentop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,172 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).
Mushroom + spinachtop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together778 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
Mozzarella cheese + ricotta cheesetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together371 recipes

Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).
Spinach + ricotta cheesetop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together250 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Mozzarella cheese + mushroomtop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together439 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

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

Swap the spinach

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

Spinachthe original
Tomatofits about as well
Potatofits about as well
Capsicumfits about as well

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

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