Name: Crispy Baked Chicken Wings with Tomato Chutney
Yield: Serves 8 to 10 as a snack
Ingredients: You can definitely make the chutney ahead of time – just bring it to room temperature before tossing with the wings. I was so surprised by how much I enjoyed these wings at room temperature, so don’t feel pressured to serve ‘em hot. And, these don’t have to be finger food: serve over rice or with br; 2 1/2 pounds chicken wings; 1 tablespoon oil; Salt; 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro leaves; 1 tablespoon oil; 2 large onions, diced; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger; Two 14.5 ounce cans of Italian Style diced tomatoes; 1 tablespoon kosher salt; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1 teaspoon cumin; 1 teaspoon curry powder; pinch cayenne; 2 1/2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar

Why it works: Clove and ginger match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,038 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

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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.

Clove + gingertop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together6,038 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14,076 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Rice + chickentop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,769 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).
Garlic + gingertop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,402 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, chicken, onion, garlic, ginger, tomato, sugar):

Cuminfits better
Corianderfits better
Turmericfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, chicken, onion, garlic, ginger, tomato, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Turmeric	1 tsp ground (3g)	9
Cumin	1 tsp ground (2.1g)	8
Cayenne	1 tsp (1.8g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2
Cilantro	1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Crispy Baked Chicken Wings with Tomato Chutney