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Grilled Chicken Greek Salad

This is a great, healthy, light summer dish.

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Why it works: Chicken and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 10,839 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep45 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Place the chicken strips in a bowl and toss them with most of the Greek salad dressing, keeping some dressing aside for serving. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes to marinate.

  2. Combine the diced Roma tomatoes, diced green bell pepper and minced garlic in a bowl. Add a little of the reserved dressing, toss, and set aside.

  3. Heat a grill to medium-high, about 400°F (204°C). Thread or lay out the marinated chicken strips and discard the used marinade.

  4. Grill the chicken for about 4 to 5 minutes per side, until it reaches 165°F (74°C) in the thickest part and no pink remains. Rest for 2 minutes.

  5. Wash and dry the romaine pieces and place them in a large serving bowl. Top with the grilled chicken and the tomato-pepper mixture, drizzle with reserved dressing, and serve.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Chicken + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,839 recipes

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

  2. Tomato + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together14,075 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Chicken + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together6,027 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  4. Tomato + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together17,913 recipes

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

  5. Tomato + lettucetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,654 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

Flavor stand-ins for the lettuce

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, tomato, pepper, garlic):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Potatobetter flavor fit
  3. Onionbetter flavor fit
  4. Lettucethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, tomato, pepper, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).