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Chicken with Artichokes and Goat Cheese

"This is a dish similar to one I had at restaurant in France on vacation."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Chicken and goat cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 84 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl butyrate, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Prep30 min
Cook55 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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

  1. Season the chicken breasts on both sides with the salt, black pepper and dried thyme.

  2. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Brown the chicken for 3 to 4 minutes per side, then transfer to a plate.

  3. Add the pearl onions to the same skillet and cook for 5 minutes, stirring, until lightly golden.

  4. Pour in the chicken stock and scrape up the browned bits. Add the thawed artichoke hearts and return the chicken to the pan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat.

  5. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for 30 minutes, until the chicken reaches 165°F (74°C) in the thickest part and the onions are tender.

  6. Remove the chicken to a plate and cover loosely with foil.

  7. Stir the cornstarch with a splash of cold water until smooth. Whisk it into the simmering liquid and cook for 3 minutes until thickened.

  8. Return the chicken and artichokes to the sauce and warm through for 2 minutes.

  9. Serve the chicken topped with the sliced goat cheese, spooning the sauce and artichokes 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. Chicken + goat cheesetop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together84 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

  2. Thyme + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together11,585 recipes

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

  3. Olive + goat cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together557 recipes

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

  4. Olive + thymetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,641 recipes

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

  5. Olive + artichoketop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together703 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, chicken, artichoke, thyme, pepper, goat cheese):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Potatobetter flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, chicken, artichoke, thyme, pepper, goat cheese. 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).