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Chilli and Lemongrass Chicken

A sweetly spicy Thai dish of chicken in a thick, fragrant sauce. Serve with steamed rice.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Chilli and Lemongrass Chicken

Why it works: Garlic and coriander are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,474 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Chilli and Lemongrass Chicken

Serves 2
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

448Calories
37 gProtein
4 gFat
62 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Lemongrass1 tbsp (6g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0
Peppermintnot in our table0
Coriandernot 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 bbcfood. 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. Garlic + coriandertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,474 recipes

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

  2. Garlic + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,805 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Basil + coriandertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together520 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  4. Sunflower + coriandertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together369 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Mint + coriandertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together940 recipes

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

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, fish sauce, chicken, sunflower, sugar, basil, coriander):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Gingerfits better
  3. Oreganofits better
  4. Mintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, fish sauce, chicken, sunflower, sugar, basil, coriander. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.