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Sweet Sesame Chicken Pizza

"Plum sauce, sesame seeds, Thai sweet chili sauce, and pineapple bring a sweet Asian-inspired twist to this chicken pizza."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Sweet Sesame Chicken Pizza

Why it works: Plum and pineapple match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 147 recipes. Both carry 3-methyl-1-butanol, which smells fusel, malty. The science ↓

Sweet Sesame Chicken Pizza

8 servings
Prep25 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

659Calories
42 gProtein
28 gFat
65 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 13 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Saucenot in our table0
Pizzanot in our table0
Black 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 allrecipes. 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. Plum + pineappletop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together147 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-methyl-1-butanol (fusel, malty).

  2. Ginger + sesametop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,531 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Honey + pineappletop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together262 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Chicken + sesametop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together939 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  5. Ginger + plumtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together272 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the pineapple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, ginger, plum, sauce, honey, sesame, cheese):

  1. Pearfits better
  2. Mangofits better
  3. Coconutfits about as well
  4. Pineapplethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, ginger, plum, sauce, honey, sesame, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.