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5-Ingredient Lime Grilled Chicken

Lime marinated chicken that is grilled to perfection! A light, fresh, and healthy meal for summer!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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5-Ingredient Lime Grilled Chicken

Why it works: Lime and parsley 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 ↓

5-Ingredient Lime Grilled Chicken

Serves 2
Prep1 hr
Cook8 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

235Calories
32 gProtein
4 gFat
18 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
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. Lime + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together547 recipes

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

  2. Sugar + saucetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,147 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Parsley + chickentop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,314 recipes

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

  4. Lime + chickentop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,581 recipes

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

  5. Sauce + chickentop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,513 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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 (lime, sugar, sauce, chicken):

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

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