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Chicken Lollipops

"They're chicken lollipops - a succulent treat that lives up to the name!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Chicken Lollipops

Why it works: Chicken and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 10,850 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

Chicken Lollipops

4 to 6 servings

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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. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,850 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  2. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together27,090 recipes

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

  3. Vinegar + garlictop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together9,115 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  4. Vinegar + peppertop 14% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together27,814 recipes

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

  5. Chicken + peppertop 16% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,958 recipes

    Shared aroma: piperonal (bitter, coconut).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, sauce, vinegar, pepper):

  1. Tarragonabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, sauce, vinegar, pepper. 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).