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Balsamic Chicken & Rice Salad

Refreshing chicken salad filled with veggies and rice.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Balsamic Chicken & Rice Salad

Why it works: Rice and chicken are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,769 recipes. Both carry (e,e)-2,4-decadienal, which smells fatty, deep fried. The science ↓

Balsamic Chicken & Rice Salad

Serves 8
Prep20 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

732Calories
39 gProtein
19 gFat
104 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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 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. Rice + chickentop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,769 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

  2. Almond + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,875 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Onion + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together21,601 recipes

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

  4. Rice + almondtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,456 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Rice + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,994 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, onion, carrot, chicken, almond, vinegar, olive):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, onion, carrot, chicken, almond, vinegar, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.