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Hot Chicken Salad V

"A wonderful chicken casserole to have for dinner or even leftovers."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Hot Chicken Salad V

Why it works: Celery and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 16,012 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Hot Chicken Salad V

6 servings
Prep45 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

693Calories
52 gProtein
25 gFat
66 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 14 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Salad Dressingnot in our table0
Soupnot in our table0
Pimentonot 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. Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Orange + almondtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,125 recipes

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

  3. Celery + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  5. Orange + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,402 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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

Swap the orange

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

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Limefits better
  4. Orangethe original

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