Name: Confetti Chicken
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Ingredients: 1 cup diced carrots; 3/4 cup chopped onion; 1/2 cup diced celery; 1/4 cup chicken broth; 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup; 1 cup sour cream; 3 cups cubed, cooked chicken meat; 1/2 cup fresh sliced mushrooms; 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper; 1 cup all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 eggs, beaten; 1/2 cup milk; 1 tablespoon thinly sliced green onion; 1 tablespoon chopped pimento peppers; 1 1/4 cups shredded Cheddar cheese, divided

Why it works: Carrot and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,173 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

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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.

Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10,173 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
Chicken + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,172 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together21,601 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + celerytop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,518 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Onion + chickentop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

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

Swap the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, celery, chicken, cream, meat, mushroom, sauce):

Potatofits better
Mustardfits about as well
Tomatofits about as well
Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, celery, chicken, cream, meat, mushroom, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Green Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Mushrooms	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Soup	not in our table	0
Meat	not in our table	0
Pimento	not in our table	0

Confetti Chicken