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Chicken with Lime Butter

"This chicken is so easy, and very tasty too."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Chicken with Lime Butter

Why it works: Lime and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 106 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Chicken with Lime Butter

6 servings
Prep5 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

407Calories
32 gProtein
29 gFat
6 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Salt1 tsp (6g)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.

  1. Lime + dilltop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together106 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  3. Pepper + dilltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,630 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Chicken + buttertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together13,902 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  5. Chicken + peppertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,958 recipes

    Shared aroma: piperonal (bitter, coconut).

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

Swap the dill

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

  1. Corianderfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Dillthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, pepper, lime, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.