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Lemon Coconut Thai-Inspired Pasta

"This is a strange combination of ingredients that creates a very refreshing, flavorful one-plate meal! It is super fast and easy to prepare. It is also extremely versatile - use what you have and like. This dish can be adapted to be vegetarian or vegan-friendly."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 18 ingredients
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Lemon Coconut Thai-Inspired Pasta

Why it works: Lemon and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,047 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Lemon Coconut Thai-Inspired Pasta

4 servings
Prep25 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

774Calories
38 gProtein
45 gFat
54 gCarbs

Counts 16 of 17 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 16 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Arugula1 cup (20g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Beannot 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. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

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

  2. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Lemon + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,922 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  4. Coconut + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,672 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Coconut + clovetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together458 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Swap the coconut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, white wine, lemon, olive, clove, sugar, pepper):

  1. Orangefits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Limefits better
  4. Coconutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, white wine, lemon, olive, clove, sugar, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.