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Thai-Style Chicken Salad

Chicken salads are so simple to make, and they go a long way! Spice up your next chicken salad with this Thai-style version!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Thai-Style Chicken Salad

Why it works: Carrot and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,555 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Thai-Style Chicken Salad

Serves 6
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

687Calories
52 gProtein
36 gFat
43 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Cashew1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts)157
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saladnot in our table0
Seednot 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. Carrot + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,555 recipes

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

  2. Carrot + cucumbertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,215 recipes

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

  3. Chicken + peanuttop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together541 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  4. Cucumber + jalapenotop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together223 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Cucumber + peanuttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together219 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 jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, carrot, cucumber, pepper, peanut, butter, apple cider vinegar):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Corianderfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Jalapenothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, carrot, cucumber, pepper, peanut, butter, apple cider vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.