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Spinach Salad Recipe with Chicken, Orange & Avocado

By cookincanuck · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Spinach Salad Recipe with Chicken, Orange & Avocado

Why it works: Avocado and jalapeno work together. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 441 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Spinach Salad Recipe with Chicken, Orange & Avocado

Serves 4 (entree-sized)

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

790Calories
39 gProtein
54 gFat
44 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Chicken100g cooked165
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By cookincanuck. 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. Avocado + jalapenotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together441 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Spinach + avocadotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together188 recipes

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

  3. Avocado + oniontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,653 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Spinach + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,400 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Spinach + jalapenotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together71 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (spinach, chicken, avocado, jalapeno, pepper, onion, canola oil):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against spinach, chicken, avocado, jalapeno, pepper, onion, canola oil. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.