Name: Coconut Chicken Fingers with Curry Drizzle and Avocado Relish
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 12 whole FOR THE CHICKEN:; 1 can Chicken Tenders, Or Equivalent Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts Cut Into Strips; 2 cups Coconut Milk (13 Ounce Can); 1 cup Panko Bread Crumbs; ½ Tablespoons FOR THE RICE:; 1 clove Uncooked Rice, Any Kind; 3 whole Turmeric; 6 ounces, weight Minced Garlic; 1 clove Green Onions, Sliced; 1 teaspoon FOR THE CURRY DRIZZLE; 1 Tablespoon Plain Greek Yogurt; ½ cups Minced Garlic; 2 teaspoons White Vinegar; 1 whole Honey; ½ whole Heavy Cream; ½ teaspoons Yellow Curry Powder; ½ whole Salt And Cayenne Pepper To Taste

Why it works: Coconut and turmeric match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,027 recipes. Both carry 2-heptanol, which smells bitter, floral. The science ↓

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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.

Coconut + turmerictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,027 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).
Rice + turmerictop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,941 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Coconut + ricetop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,063 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Clove + turmerictop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,876 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Chicken + ricetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,769 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, coconut, milk, bread, rice, turmeric, garlic):

Cuminfits better
Gingerfits better
Cardamomfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, coconut, milk, bread, rice, turmeric, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Coconut	1/2 cup shredded (40g)	283
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Turmeric	1 tsp ground (3g)	9
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Coconut Chicken Fingers with Curry Drizzle and Avocado Relish