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Walnut Chicken Salad with Green Apple Vinaigrette

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Walnut Chicken Salad with Green Apple Vinaigrette

Why it works: Apple and grape match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,659 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Walnut Chicken Salad with Green Apple Vinaigrette

Makes 2 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

561Calories
34 gProtein
21 gFat
66 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Red Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By epicurious. 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. Apple + grapetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,659 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  2. Shallot + lettucetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together157 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Honey + grapetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together707 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Olive + lettucetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,580 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  5. Lemon + shallottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,523 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, lemon, honey, shallot, olive, lettuce, grape):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, lemon, honey, shallot, olive, lettuce, grape. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.