Name: Chicken Peanut Curry
Ingredients: 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken pieces (or you can use bone-in for added flavor), cut into 1 1/2 inch wide chunks or strips (I used boneless, skinless breasts); 1/2 cup flour; 4 tablespoons curry powder; 2 teaspoons Kosher salt; 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground peppercorns; 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil; 2 tablespoons fresh ginger, minced; 2 tablespoons garlic, minced; 2 serrano chili peppers, seeded, de-veined, minced (I could only find jalapenos, so that is what I used); 4 cups low-sodium chicken broth; 1/2 cup fresh peanut butter (If using freshly ground peanuts, add 2 teaspoons of sugar) – I did not add the sugar.; 1 teaspoon ground coriander seeds; 8 green onions, chopped, greens included; 1/3 cup each finely chopped mint and cilantro (I did not use the mint); 2 limes cut into wedges; Hot, cooked Jasmine rice

Why it works: Flour and jalapeno match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 561 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

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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.

Flour + jalapenotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together561 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Garlic + peanuttop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together877 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).
Garlic + jalapenotop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,700 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Ginger + garlictop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,402 recipes

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

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

Swap the jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, flour, olive, ginger, garlic, pepper, peanut):

Turmericfits better
Corianderfits better
Cuminfits better
Jalapenothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, flour, olive, ginger, garlic, pepper, peanut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Peanut	1 oz (28g)	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Peanut Butter	1 tbsp (16g)	94
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Turmeric	1 tsp ground (3g)	9
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Jalapeno	1 pepper (14g)	4
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2
Mint	2 tbsp fresh (3g)	2
Cilantro	1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Coriander	not in our table	0
Seed	not in our table	0
Peppermint	not in our table	0

Chicken Peanut Curry