Why it works: Chicken and tomato match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 6,027 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓
The recipe
3 servingsIngredients
Contains: egg, milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.
Preheat a grill or grill pan to medium-high, about 450°F (230°C), and lightly brush the grates with olive oil.
Pat the chicken breasts dry, rub them with a little olive oil, and season both sides generously with salt and ground black pepper.
Grill the chicken for 6 to 7 minutes per side, until it reaches 165°F (74°C) in the thickest part. Let it rest 5 minutes, then slice it into strips.
While the chicken rests, empty the DOLE Extra Veggie with Grape Tomatoes package into a large bowl.
Add the cubed avocado, crumbled bacon, chopped hard-cooked egg and crumbled blue cheese to the bowl.
Add blue cheese dressing a little at a time, tossing until the salad is lightly coated to your taste.
Divide the salad among 3 plates and top each with sliced grilled chicken. Serve right away.
Explore the science
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.
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Chicken + tomatotop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together6,027 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
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Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together14,164 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
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Tomato + avocadotop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,385 recipes
Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
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Olive + avocadotop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,376 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
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Chicken + olivetop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together10,796 recipes
Shared aroma: acetic acid hexyl ester (sweet, green).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the avocado
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, olive, pepper, grape, tomato, egg, blue cheese):
- Cherrybetter flavor fit
- Mangoabout as good a flavor fit
- Lemonabout as good a flavor fit
- Avocadothe original
Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, olive, pepper, grape, tomato, egg, blue cheese. 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).
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