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Chicken Tenders with Cherry Ginger Glaze Recipe

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Chicken Tenders with Cherry Ginger Glaze Recipe

Why it works: Orange and ginger match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,833 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Chicken Tenders with Cherry Ginger Glaze Recipe

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

485Calories
35 gProtein
18 gFat
49 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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

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

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

  2. Cherry + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,889 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

  3. Cherry + orangetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together689 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  4. Cherry + gingertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together293 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Orange + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,456 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cherry, orange, chicken, pepper, olive, ginger):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Carrotfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cherry, orange, chicken, pepper, olive, ginger. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.