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Orange Soya Sauce Marinated Chicken

"Quick and delicious, this marinade can be prepared in the morning and forgotten about all day. It also works well with pork or beef, and can easily be doubled, tripled, or more. Add flare by cutting thin strips of orange rind and sprinkling on top right before serving."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Orange Soya Sauce Marinated Chicken

Why it works: Orange and clove are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,987 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

Orange Soya Sauce Marinated Chicken

2 servings
Prep2 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

247Calories
33 gProtein
4 gFat
18 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

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. Orange + clovetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,987 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  2. Garlic + chickentop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  3. Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Orange + garlictop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,365 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Sauce + garlictop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together5,007 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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 (sauce, clove, garlic, chicken):

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

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