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Thai Rice Curry with Herbed Chicken

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 18 ingredients
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Thai Rice Curry with Herbed Chicken

Why it works: Rice and coconut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,063 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Thai Rice Curry with Herbed Chicken

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

816Calories
43 gProtein
32 gFat
90 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 16 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Miso1 tbsp (18g)34
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Cardamom1 tsp ground (2g)6
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Coriandernot 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 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. Rice + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,063 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Cucumber + shallottop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together264 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Coriander + coconuttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,039 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Cucumber + coriandertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together875 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Rice + cucumbertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together734 recipes

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

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, vinegar, honey, cucumber, coriander, coconut, milk):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Sweet potatofits better
  4. Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, vinegar, honey, cucumber, coriander, coconut, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.