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Chicken, Roasted Red Pepper and Green Bean Salad

Sherry vinegar has a sweet floral essence that makes a delicious salad dressing. The dressing is also used to glaze the strips of boneless chicken breasts as they quickly cook in a hot frying pan. High in protein and low in saturated fat, this main-course salad is as satisfying as it is healthful.

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Chicken, Roasted Red Pepper and Green Bean Salad

Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Chicken, Roasted Red Pepper and Green Bean Salad

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

438Calories
35 gProtein
18 gFat
28 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Red Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Celery Stalks1 stalk (40g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Saladnot 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 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. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Pepper + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

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

  3. Olive + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,948 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  4. Thyme + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,608 recipes

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

  5. Garlic + chickentop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

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 (pepper, olive, sherry, vinegar, thyme, garlic, chicken):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Onionfits better
  4. Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, olive, sherry, vinegar, thyme, garlic, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.