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Soy Steamed Chicken with Oriental Rice

A veg-packed meal for all the family you'll make again and again

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Soy Steamed Chicken with Oriental Rice

Why it works: Sunflower and broccoli match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 146 recipes. Both carry 2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

Soy Steamed Chicken with Oriental Rice

Serves 2
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

512Calories
42 gProtein
5 gFat
73 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Sunflower Oilnot 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 bbcgoodfood. 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. Sunflower + broccolitop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together146 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  2. Onion + broccolitop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Ginger + broccolitop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together652 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Broccoli + green beanstop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together41 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  5. Sunflower + gingertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together337 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

Swap the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, sauce, sunflower, ginger, onion, basmati rice, broccoli):

  1. Mustardfits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Potatofits better
  4. Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, sauce, sunflower, ginger, onion, basmati rice, broccoli. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.