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Grilled Chicken Salad with Radishes, Cucumbers, and Tarragon Pesto

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Grilled Chicken Salad with Radishes, Cucumbers, and Tarragon Pesto

Why it works: Tarragon and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 602 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Grilled Chicken Salad with Radishes, Cucumbers, and Tarragon Pesto

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1061Calories
54 gProtein
39 gFat
126 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sourdough1 slice (36g)93
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Tarragon1 tsp dried (0.5g)2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By epicurious. 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. Tarragon + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together602 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

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

  3. Tarragon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,563 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Parsley + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,737 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Tarragon + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,137 recipes

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

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

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tarragon, parsley, pine, lemon, shallot, olive, chicken):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Pistachiofits better
  3. Lentilsfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tarragon, parsley, pine, lemon, shallot, olive, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.