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Best Chicken Salad Sandwich

"Dried cranberries add a sweet tartness to chicken and vegetable salad. Makes a delightful sandwich filling too. Serve on whole wheat bread with turkey bacon."

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Best Chicken Salad Sandwich

Why it works: Apple and grape match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,659 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Best Chicken Salad Sandwich

16 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

770Calories
59 gProtein
31 gFat
70 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Chicken100g cooked165
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Green Apple1 medium (182g)95
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Red Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
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 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. Apple + grapetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,659 recipes

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

  2. Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Celery + appletop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,155 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  4. Grape + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,909 recipes

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

  5. Yogurt + grapetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together568 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

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

Swap the pecans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (yogurt, celery, apple, grape, chicken, pepper):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Chickpeafits better
  3. Walnutfits better
  4. Pecansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against yogurt, celery, apple, grape, chicken, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.