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Party Chicken Salad

"A chicken salad with lots of fruit, nuts and a little curry powder. Delicious for any party - great for baby/wedding showers or just for a special lunch. Really good served on croissants."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Party Chicken Salad

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 ↓

Party Chicken Salad

10 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

805Calories
60 gProtein
31 gFat
80 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Chicken100g cooked165
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Green Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Celery1 stalk (40g)6

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

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

  2. Lemon + celerytop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,467 recipes

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

  3. Grape + pineappletop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together709 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).

  4. Apple + pineappletop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together530 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Apple + celerytop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,155 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

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

Swap the pecans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, apple, lemon, chicken, celery, grape, pineapple):

  1. Walnutfits better
  2. Chestnutfits better
  3. Almondfits better
  4. Pecansthe original

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