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Autumn-Spiced Pumpkin and Applesauce Chicken with Gluten-Free Corn Pasta

This is a slightly sweet and savory entree that is gluten-free!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 20 ingredients
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Autumn-Spiced Pumpkin and Applesauce Chicken with Gluten-Free Corn Pasta

Why it works: Turmeric and ginger match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,776 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Autumn-Spiced Pumpkin and Applesauce Chicken with Gluten-Free Corn Pasta

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

810Calories
43 gProtein
31 gFat
94 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 18 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Pienot in our table0
Waternot 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. Turmeric + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,776 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Cinnamon + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Pasta + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,079 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  4. Turmeric + cinnamontop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,197 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Pasta + turmerictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together39 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the pumpkin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pasta, chicken, pepper, garlic, turmeric, cinnamon, ginger):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Pumpkinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pasta, chicken, pepper, garlic, turmeric, cinnamon, ginger. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.