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Grilled Turmeric and Lemongrass Chicken Wings

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Turmeric and chicken are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,845 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-heptanol, which smells bitter, floral. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

Contains: soy, fish (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. Turmeric + chickentop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together1,845 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

  2. Ginger + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,775 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Ginger + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,621 recipes

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

  4. Ginger + tamarindtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together325 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  5. Lime + tamarindtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together133 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (coconut, milk, shallot, ginger, lime, tamarind, fish sauce):

  1. Corianderbetter flavor fit
  2. Turmericbetter flavor fit
  3. Cardamombetter flavor fit
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against coconut, milk, shallot, ginger, lime, tamarind, fish sauce. 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).