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Cranberry BBQ Chicken

"A very pretty chicken; you can use a whole chicken cut up, or pieces. I generally use Country Legs (thigh & drumstick) as that is the cheapest chicken available."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Cranberry BBQ Chicken

Why it works: Pepper and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 16,012 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Cranberry BBQ Chicken

4 to 6 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

369Calories
33 gProtein
15 gFat
25 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cranberry1 cup raw (100g)46
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saucenot 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. Pepper + celerytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

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

  2. Celery + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

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

  4. Celery + cranberrytop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together63 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Pepper + cranberrytop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together218 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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

Swap the cranberry

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

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Limefits about as well
  4. Cranberrythe original

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