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Thai Chicken Curry with Pineapple

"This chicken curry is made with coconut milk and sweetened with pineapple."

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Thai Chicken Curry with Pineapple

Why it works: Pepper and carrot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,555 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Thai Chicken Curry with Pineapple

4 servings
Prep25 min
Cook35 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1170Calories
54 gProtein
33 gFat
165 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Chicken100g cooked165
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Green Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9

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. Pepper + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,555 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Peas + carrottop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,994 recipes

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

  3. Coconut + milktop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,648 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Coconut + carrottop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together392 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  5. Coconut + chickentop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together808 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

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

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (coconut, milk, fish sauce, sugar, chicken, pepper, carrot):

  1. Peanutfits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Sesamefits better
  4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against coconut, milk, fish sauce, sugar, chicken, pepper, carrot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.