Name: Szechuan Peppercorn Roasted Chicken
Ingredients: 1 chicken, organic (I like using a small 3 1/2 pound bird); 1/2 orange; 2-3 stalks of scallions, cut into 3" sections; 4 long, thin slices of ginger; 2 tablespoons Sichuan Peppercorn Salt + more to serve as dipping salt; 2 tablespoons oil

Szechuan Peppercorn Roasted Chicken

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By steamykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients

Why it works: Orange and ginger match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,833 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Szechuan Peppercorn Roasted Chicken

Ingredients

1 chicken, organic (I like using a small 3 1/2 pound bird)
1/2 orange
2-3 stalks of scallions, cut into 3" sections
4 long, thin slices of ginger
2 tablespoons Sichuan Peppercorn Salt + more to serve as dipping salt
2 tablespoons oil

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

392Calories

33 gProtein

17 gFat

25 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By steamykitchen. 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.

Orange + gingertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,833 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Chicken + gingertop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,494 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Chicken + orangetop 23% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together988 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

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

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Limefits better
Lemonfits better
Orangethe original

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

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