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Orange Ginger Chicken

Serve this high protein, gluten free Orange Ginger Chicken for dinner with steamed broccoli and cranberry sauce.

By elanaspantry · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Orange Ginger Chicken

Why it works: Garlic and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Orange Ginger Chicken

Serves 6

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

590Calories
33 gProtein
31 gFat
47 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Grapeseed Oil1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Agave1 tsp (7g)21
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By elanaspantry. 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. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Orange + gingertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,833 recipes

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

  3. Ginger + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,402 recipes

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

  4. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  5. Plum + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,266 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, agave, plum, vinegar, ginger, garlic, olive):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, agave, plum, vinegar, ginger, garlic, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.