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Crispy Chickpea and Roasted Cauliflower Risotto

This vegetarian-friendly dinner dish features crispy chickpeas and garlicky roasted cauliflower. Perfect comfort food meal!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Crispy Chickpea and Roasted Cauliflower Risotto

Why it works: Garlic and chickpea match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 813 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Crispy Chickpea and Roasted Cauliflower Risotto

Serves 2
Prep5 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

927Calories
57 gProtein
39 gFat
83 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Chickpea1/2 cup canned (120g) drained134
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

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. Garlic + chickpeatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together813 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Chickpea + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together21 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Olive + chickpeatop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,015 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl butyrate (fruity, apple).

  5. Garlic + shallottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the cauliflower

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, clove, garlic, chickpea, butter, shallot, rice):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Kalefits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Cauliflowerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, clove, garlic, chickpea, butter, shallot, rice. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.