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Spanish Skewers: Chicken with Pinchito Spices Recipe

These tapas skewers originate from the time when Spain was occupied by the Moors. The meat is marinaded in a mix of spices before grilling.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 20 ingredients
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Why it works: Turmeric and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,698 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Spanish Skewers: Chicken with Pinchito Spices Recipe

4 people
Prep30 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

491Calories
38 gProtein
20 gFat
47 gCarbs

Counts 16 of 21 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 16 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Carawaynot in our table0
Coriandernot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Anisenot in our table0
Leafnot 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 lovefood. 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. Turmeric + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,698 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Oregano + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together983 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Coriander + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,866 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Turmeric + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,253 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the caraway

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, turmeric, oregano, coriander, cumin, pepper, clove):

  1. Cardamomfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Marjoramfits better
  4. Carawaythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, turmeric, oregano, coriander, cumin, pepper, clove. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.