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Game Day Chicken Skewers

Yet another recipe from our game day tailgates. The great thing about this recipe is that you probably already have all of the marinade ingredients in your kitchen and the boneless chicken thighs are a very economical selection at your local grocery store. This recipe can also be doubled or even tripled for a large gathering.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Game Day Chicken Skewers

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

Game Day Chicken Skewers

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook10 min

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Clove + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together6,038 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Lime + gingertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,621 recipes

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

  3. Garlic + gingertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together6,402 recipes

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

  4. Clove + limetop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together909 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Garlic + limetop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,411 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, sauce, garlic, lime, ginger, sugar):

  1. Corianderbetter flavor fit
  2. Cuminbetter flavor fit
  3. Turmericbetter flavor fit
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, sauce, garlic, lime, ginger, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).