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Easy Peasy 8-Ingredient Broccoli Salad

The quickest clean salad with only 8 ingredients. Need ideas for quick dinner or easy side? You got it. Pairs great with any protein, tuna, chicken, or, dare I say, marinated tofu?

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Easy Peasy 8-Ingredient Broccoli Salad

Why it works: Broccoli and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 705 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Easy Peasy 8-Ingredient Broccoli Salad

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

496Calories
10 gProtein
37 gFat
43 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine1 oz (28g)191
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
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. Broccoli + mustardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together705 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Broccoli + cabbagetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together171 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Cabbage + mustardtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,645 recipes

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

  4. Pine + lemontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together480 recipes

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

  5. Pine + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,062 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (broccoli, cabbage, carrot, pine, olive, lemon, mustard):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Lentilsfits better
  3. Chestnutfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against broccoli, cabbage, carrot, pine, olive, lemon, mustard. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.