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Scrumptious Asian Chicken Cabbage Salad

This sweet and crunchy chicken salad has an oil, rice vinegar and sugar base which gives it a light, healthy and refreshing taste.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Scrumptious Asian Chicken Cabbage Salad

Why it works: Sesame and almond match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 203 recipes. Both carry acetylpyrazine, which smells roast. The science ↓

Scrumptious Asian Chicken Cabbage Salad

Serves 8
Prep30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

602Calories
38 gProtein
32 gFat
41 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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. Sesame + almondtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together203 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetylpyrazine (roast).

  2. Onion + sesametop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,192 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  3. Cabbage + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,081 recipes

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

  4. Cabbage + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,001 recipes

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

  5. Onion + chickentop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

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

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cabbage, pepper, onion, chicken, sesame, sauce, sugar):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Peanutfits better
  3. Chestnutfits better
  4. Almondthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cabbage, pepper, onion, chicken, sesame, sauce, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.