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Asian Marinated Chicken Thighs

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Why it works: Canola oil and sriracha work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and 34 recipes mention both. Both carry trans-2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

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Contains: fish, sesame (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Canola oil + srirachatop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together34 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  2. Lemon + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,289 recipes

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

  3. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,491 recipes

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

  4. Lemon + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,039 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Canola oil + sesametop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together201 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, canola oil, fish sauce, garlic, sesame, lime, pepper):

  1. Avocadoabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Lemonthe original
  3. Mangoabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Coconutabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, canola oil, fish sauce, garlic, sesame, lime, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).