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Chicken Shawarma with Garlic Herb Tahini Sauce

Chicken Shawarma sandwich topped with a garlic herb tangy tahini sauce.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Garlic and tahini work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 395 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-methylbutyraldehyde, which smells malty, chocolate. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 2
Prep30 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Contains: sesame (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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By tastykitchen. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Garlic + tahinitop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together395 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

  2. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Cinnamon + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,027 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  4. Allspice + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together7,711 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Cinnamon + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the nutmeg

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, olive, cinnamon, allspice, clove, pepper, ginger):

  1. Cardamomabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Nutmegthe original
  3. Rosemaryabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, olive, cinnamon, allspice, clove, pepper, ginger. 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).