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Southwestern Chicken Salad

"A wonderful blend of spices, herbs, and a bit of a "bite" from the jalapeno combine so well with the chicken and corn in this salad. One of my favorites! If you can't get fresh corn, you may substitute frozen corn."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Southwestern Chicken Salad

Why it works: Lemon and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,973 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Southwestern Chicken Salad

4 servings
Prep45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

496Calories
60 gProtein
13 gFat
39 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Orange Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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

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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. Lemon + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,973 recipes

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

  2. Lemon + orangetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,634 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

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

  4. Thyme + nutmegtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,907 recipes

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

  5. Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

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

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lemon, thyme, chicken, cream, pepper, nutmeg, corn):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Orangethe original
  3. Avocadofits about as well
  4. Coconutfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against lemon, thyme, chicken, cream, pepper, nutmeg, corn. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.