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Lazy Girl Sweet & Spicy Lime Chicken

For all the lazy chefs out there!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Lazy Girl Sweet & Spicy Lime Chicken

Why it works: Parsley and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 547 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Lazy Girl Sweet & Spicy Lime Chicken

Serves 2
Prep5 min
Cook35 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

236Calories
32 gProtein
4 gFat
18 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1

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. Parsley + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together547 recipes

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

  2. Garlic + parsleytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,308 recipes

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

  3. Garlic + limetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,411 recipes

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

  4. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  5. Chicken + parsleytop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,314 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 parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, garlic, sugar, lime):

  1. Corianderfits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Gingerfits better
  4. Parsleythe original

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