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BBQ Chicken Quinoa Salad

By whatsgabycooking · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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BBQ Chicken Quinoa Salad

Why it works: Quinoa and avocado share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 54 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

BBQ Chicken Quinoa Salad

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

976Calories
61 gProtein
40 gFat
100 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Chicken100g cooked165
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Saucenot 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 whatsgabycooking. 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. Quinoa + avocadotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together54 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Quinoa + beanstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together96 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Beans + avocadotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together375 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Corn + beanstop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,211 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Corn + avocadotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together444 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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