Name: Chicken, Apple and Sweet Potato Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 2 whole Whole Sweet Potato, See Note (you'll Need 1/3 Cup Of Cooked Potato); 2 cups Mixed Greens; ¼ cups Apples, Diced; ¼ cups Grapes, Cut In Half; 1 Tablespoon Dried Cranberries; 2 ounces, weight Cubed Or Shredded Cooked Chicken; ½ ounces, weight Goat Cheese Crumbled; 2 Tablespoons Balsamic Vinegar (Your Favorite)

Why it works: Apple and grape match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,659 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Chicken, Apple and Sweet Potato Salad

Serves 1

Prep10 min

Cook10 min

Ingredients

2 whole Whole Sweet Potato, See Note (you'll Need 1/3 Cup Of Cooked Potato)
2 cups Mixed Greens
¼ cups Apples, Diced
¼ cups Grapes, Cut In Half
1 Tablespoon Dried Cranberries
2 ounces, weight Cubed Or Shredded Cooked Chicken
½ ounces, weight Goat Cheese Crumbled
2 Tablespoons Balsamic Vinegar (Your Favorite)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

589Calories

42 gProtein

13 gFat

79 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Goat Cheese	1 oz (28g)	103
Apple	1 medium (182g)	95
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3

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.

Apple + grapetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,659 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Potato + chickentop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,756 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).
Potato + grapetop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together415 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Sweet potato + appletop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together133 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).
Sweet potato + grapetop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together110 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

Swap the sweet potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, apple, grape, chicken, goat cheese, vinegar):

Capsicumfits better
Tomatofits better
Onionfits better
Sweet potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, apple, grape, chicken, goat cheese, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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