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Paleo Ranch Dressing + Buffalo Chicken Salad

By aspicyperspective · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Paleo Ranch Dressing + Buffalo Chicken Salad

Why it works: Mustard and avocado match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 234 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Paleo Ranch Dressing + Buffalo Chicken Salad

2 cups
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

250Calories
8 gProtein
20 gFat
11 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado Oil1 tbsp (14g)124
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saucenot 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 aspicyperspective. 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. Mustard + avocadotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together234 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Mustard + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Avocado + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Vinegar + mustardtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Mustard + clovetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,829 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyleugenol (clove, spice).

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

Swap the avocado

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, red wine, vinegar, lemon, mustard, clove, garlic):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Plumfits about as well
  3. Orangefits about as well
  4. Avocadothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, red wine, vinegar, lemon, mustard, clove, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.