Name: Feta Chicken Salad
Prep time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 3 cups diced cooked chicken; 2 large stalks celery, diced; 1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced; 1/2 red onion, diced; 6 tablespoons mayonnaise; 6 tablespoons sour cream; 1 (4 ounce) package feta cheese, crumbled; 2 teaspoons dried dill weed; 1 pinch salt and pepper to taste

Why it works: Celery and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 382 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

Feta Chicken Salad

4 servings

Prep30 min

Ingredients

3 cups diced cooked chicken
2 large stalks celery, diced
1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced
1/2 red onion, diced
6 tablespoons mayonnaise
6 tablespoons sour cream
1 (4 ounce) package feta cheese, crumbled
2 teaspoons dried dill weed
1 pinch salt and pepper to taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

547Calories

64 gProtein

20 gFat

26 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Feta Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

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.

Celery + dilltop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together382 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,630 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together16,012 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Celery + oniontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,518 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Chicken + oniontop 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 dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, celery, pepper, onion, cream, feta cheese):

Garlicfits better
Thymefits about as well
Parsleyfits about as well
Dillthe original

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

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