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Just Peachy Chicken Salad

"Fresh and fruity, this creamy, peach dotted chicken salad marries sweet and savory to a palette-pleasing effect."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Just Peachy Chicken Salad

Why it works: Peach and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 315 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Just Peachy Chicken Salad

6 servings
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

359Calories
39 gProtein
15 gFat
16 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Peach1 medium (150g)59
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 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.

  1. Peach + peppertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together315 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  2. Pepper + chickentop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,958 recipes

    Shared aroma: piperonal (bitter, coconut).

  3. Cream + peppertop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together21,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  4. Cream + chickentop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together6,241 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Peach + chickentop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together115 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

Cream and pepper barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 21,449 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the peach

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

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Peachthe original

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