Name: Fake Tandoori Chicken Recipe
Cook time: 9 h 35 min
Yield: 3 to 4 servings
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups plain whole-milk yogurt; 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice (from about 1 medium lime); 1 red Fresno chile or Thai chile , stemmed and coarsely chopped; 3/4 cup medium-dice yellow onion; 1 tablespoon peeled, finely chopped fresh ginger (from about 1 [3-inch] piece); 1 medium garlic clove , coarsely chopped; 1 tablespoon paprika; 1 tablespoon kosher salt; 2 teaspoons garam masala; 1 (4- to 5-pound) whole chicken

Why it works: Ginger and clove 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 ↓

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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.

Ginger + clovetop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together6,038 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Lime + gingertop 2% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together1,621 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Ginger + garlictop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together6,402 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Lime + clovetop 7% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together909 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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 (milk, yogurt, lime, onion, ginger, garlic, chicken):

Corianderbetter flavor fit
Cuminbetter flavor fit
Cardamombetter flavor fit
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, yogurt, lime, onion, ginger, garlic, chicken. 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).

Fake Tandoori Chicken Recipe