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Broccoli Salad

A delicious, quick and easy side salad that’s welcome at any barbecue!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Broccoli Salad

Why it works: Broccoli and sunflower match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 146 recipes. Both carry 2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

Broccoli Salad

Serves 8
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

282Calories
10 gProtein
15 gFat
34 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sunflower1 oz (28g) hulled165
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55

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. Broccoli + sunflowertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together146 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

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