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Chipotle-Honey–Glazed Chicken Wings with Toasted Sesame Seeds and Green Onion

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Chipotle-Honey–Glazed Chicken Wings with Toasted Sesame Seeds and Green Onion

Why it works: Coriander and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,866 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Chipotle-Honey–Glazed Chicken Wings with Toasted Sesame Seeds and Green Onion

Serves 4 to 6

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

537Calories
33 gProtein
32 gFat
31 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
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. Coriander + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,866 recipes

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

  2. Canola oil + sesametop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together201 recipes

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

  3. Mustard + sesametop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together180 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Pepper + coriandertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,949 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  5. Cumin + sesametop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together208 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (honey, pepper, canola oil, coriander, cumin, chicken, sesame):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Tomatofits better
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against honey, pepper, canola oil, coriander, cumin, chicken, sesame. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.