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Thai Pomelo & Chicken Salad

Thai pomelo salad is a fresh take on citrus salad. It’s a very popular dish in Thailand. This delicious and refreshing salad can be made with chicken or shrimp.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 21 ingredients
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Thai Pomelo & Chicken Salad

Why it works: Onion and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,431 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Thai Pomelo & Chicken Salad

Serves 4
Prep40 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

803Calories
37 gProtein
56 gFat
41 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 17 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Lemongrass1 tbsp (6g)5
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Mint2 tbsp fresh (3g)2
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pomelonot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Roasted Peanutnot 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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Onion + shallottop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,431 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  3. Canola oil + coconuttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together139 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Coconut + milktop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,648 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Shallot + canola oiltop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together65 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, onion, pepper, canola oil, coconut, milk, fish sauce):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Tomatofits better
  4. Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, onion, pepper, canola oil, coconut, milk, fish sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.