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Almond Encrusted Chicken Fingers Recipe

Paleo and allergen free chicken fingers

By chow · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Chicken and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 10,850 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

Almond Encrusted Chicken Fingers Recipe

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,850 recipes

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

  2. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together27,090 recipes

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

  3. Almond + garlictop 13% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together967 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Chicken + peppertop 16% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,958 recipes

    Shared aroma: piperonal (bitter, coconut).

  5. Almond + peppertop 18% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,566 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, almond, pepper, egg):

  1. Tarragonbetter flavor fit
  2. Nutmegbetter flavor fit
  3. Cardamombetter flavor fit
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, almond, pepper, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).