Name: Slow Cooker Thai Chicken Curry
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 3 h
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 Tablespoons Coconut Oil, Divided; 3 whole Chicken Breasts (I Used Boneless, Skinless); 1-¼ teaspoon Kosher Salt, Divided; 1 whole Onion, Peeled And Diced; 1 Tablespoon Minced Fresh Ginger; 1 Tablespoon Red Or Green Curry Paste (more, If You'd Like It Spicier); 1 can (13 Oz. Size) Coconut Milk; 1 whole Lime, Zest And Juice; 2 Tablespoons Fish Sauce; 1 teaspoon Salt; 2 whole Medium Zucchini, Cut Into 1-inch Pieces; 3 whole Large Carrots, Peeled And Cut Into 1-inch Pieces; 3 whole Medium Yukon Gold Potatoes, Cut Into 1-inch Pieces; 1 bunch Fresh Basil, Sliced Thinly (small Bunch), Divided

Why it works: Ginger and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,621 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. 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.

Ginger + limetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,621 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Coconut + limetop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together934 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Ginger + carrottop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,377 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Coconut + gingertop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,168 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Onion + carrottop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together21,601 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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 (coconut, chicken, ginger, milk, lime, fish sauce, carrot):

Capsicumfits better
Sweet potatofits better
Tomatofits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against coconut, chicken, ginger, milk, lime, fish sauce, carrot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Coconut	1/2 cup shredded (40g)	283
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Cucumber	1/2 cup sliced (52g)	16
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2
Basil	5 leaves fresh (2.5g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Slow Cooker Thai Chicken Curry