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Cider Vinegar Chicken

"Chicken breasts baked with cider vinegar and a sprinkling of garlic salt. Pucker up!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 3 ingredients
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Cider Vinegar Chicken

Why it works: Cider and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,431 recipes. Both carry 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol, which smells smoky, clove. The science ↓

Cider Vinegar Chicken

6 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

168Calories
31 gProtein
4 gFat
0 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Cidernot 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. Cider + vinegartop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,431 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

  2. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

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

  3. Garlic + vinegartop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,115 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  4. Chicken + cidertop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together374 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Garlic + cidertop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together785 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the garlic

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

  1. Garlicthe original
  2. Tarragonfits about as well
  3. Thymefits less well
  4. Rosemaryfits less well

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