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Easy Fruited Chicken Salad

"This is a recipe I discovered by accident. While trying to make the Betty Crocker® chicken salad, I discovered I didn't have all the spices. '...quick, what can I substitute...' This has been a family favorite ever since."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Easy Fruited Chicken Salad

Why it works: Apple and grape match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,659 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Easy Fruited Chicken Salad

8 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

596Calories
41 gProtein
30 gFat
46 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Chicken100g cooked165
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Red Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Pienot 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. Apple + grapetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,659 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  2. Grape + chickentop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together819 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Grape + pecanstop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together552 recipes

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

  4. Apple + pecanstop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together391 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Pecans + chickentop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together194 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Swap the pecans

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

  1. Peanutfits better
  2. Walnutfits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Pecansthe original

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