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Chicken with Harissa, Lemon and Anchovy Butter

Get hold of some spicy harissa paste for these flavour-packed tender chicken breasts with an almond and raisin salad.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Harissa and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 105 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 2
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Contains: milk, tree nuts, fish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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By bbcfood. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Harissa + coriandertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together105 recipes

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

  2. Lemon + coriandertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,498 recipes

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

  3. Lemon + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,039 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Garlic + coriandertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together6,477 recipes

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

  5. Coriander + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,948 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, lemon, anchovy, harissa, coriander, chicken, pepper):

  1. Parsleybetter flavor fit
  2. Thymebetter flavor fit
  3. Rosemaryabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, lemon, anchovy, harissa, coriander, chicken, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).