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Asian Chicken and Cabbage Salad

Why it works: Lime and ginger match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,621 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Asian Chicken and Cabbage Salad

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

648Calories
46 gProtein
32 gFat
51 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Seednot in our table0
Toasted Sesame Seednot 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. Lime + gingertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,621 recipes

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

  2. Ginger + carrottop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,377 recipes

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

  3. Lime + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together646 recipes

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

  4. Cabbage + carrottop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,505 recipes

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

  5. Lime + cabbagetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together143 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

Swap the cabbage

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

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Sweet potatofits better
  3. Tomatofits better
  4. Cabbagethe original

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