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BBQ Chicken Pizza with Peppadew Cheddar Cheese

I cook this pizza crust on the BBQ grill before finishing it in the oven. This makes the crust taste almost like a wood fired pizza crust.

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BBQ Chicken Pizza with Peppadew Cheddar Cheese

Why it works: Garlic and olive 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 ↓

BBQ Chicken Pizza with Peppadew Cheddar Cheese

Serves 3
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

557Calories
42 gProtein
28 gFat
40 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 10 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Wheatnot in our table0
Pizzanot in our table0
Saucenot 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 tastykitchen. 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. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Wheat + corntop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together465 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexanal (green, grassy).

  3. Wheat + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,100 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

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

  5. Olive + chickentop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,888 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid hexyl ester (sweet, green).

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 (wheat, garlic, corn, olive, sauce, cheddar cheese, chicken):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Limefits better
  4. Pineapplethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, garlic, corn, olive, sauce, cheddar cheese, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.