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Creamy Summer Slaw

Raw broccoli is made for creamy summer slaw. It’s sweet and crunchy—and can be dressed hours in advance.

By bonappetit · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Creamy Summer Slaw

Why it works: Broccoli and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 120 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Creamy Summer Slaw

8 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

447Calories
22 gProtein
15 gFat
63 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Napa Cabbage1 cup shredded (89g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
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 bonappetit. 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. Broccoli + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together120 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Broccoli + cabbagetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together171 recipes

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

  3. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Lemon + broccolitop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together809 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Pepper + cabbagetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,081 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 peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (buttermilk, lemon, pepper, broccoli, cabbage, sugar, chive):

  1. Chestnutfits better
  2. Chickpeafits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against buttermilk, lemon, pepper, broccoli, cabbage, sugar, chive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.