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Turkey Cobb Salad

The classic Cobb combines crispy bacon, creamy avocado, rich blue cheese, chopped tomatoes, and chunks of chicken or turkey, providing a pleasing contrast of textures and tastes. Invented at the Brown Derby Restaurant in Los Angeles in the 1930s, the salad was named for the restaurant’s owner, Robert Howard Cobb. Here, we call for smoked turkey breast to enhance the flavor.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Turkey Cobb Salad

Why it works: Mustard and lettuce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,356 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Turkey Cobb Salad

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

823Calories
53 gProtein
57 gFat
31 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Blue Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Iceberg Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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

By williamssonoma. 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. Mustard + lettucetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,356 recipes

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

  2. Olive + lettucetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,580 recipes

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

  3. Vinegar + mustardtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Mustard + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,950 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Mustard + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,430 recipes

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

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

Swap the lettuce

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (white wine, vinegar, mustard, sauce, olive, pepper, blue cheese):

  1. Capsicumfits about as well
  2. Shallotfits about as well
  3. Lettucethe original
  4. Tomatofits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against white wine, vinegar, mustard, sauce, olive, pepper, blue cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.