Name: Smoky Chicken Skewers
Yield: Makes 8 servings
Ingredients: 8 wooden (or metal) skewers; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 2 1/2 teaspoons smoked paprika; 1 teaspoon brown sugar; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon black pepper; 1 1/2 pounds chicken tenders (about 16 tenders), cut crosswise into 1-inch chunks; 4 tangelos (or small oranges), peeled and segmented; 1 medium red onion, cut into 1-inch chunks

Why it works: Olive and orange are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,456 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Smoky Chicken Skewers

Makes 8 servings

Ingredients

8 wooden (or metal) skewers
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 1/2 teaspoons smoked paprika
1 teaspoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 1/2 pounds chicken tenders (about 16 tenders), cut crosswise into 1-inch chunks
4 tangelos (or small oranges), peeled and segmented
1 medium red onion, cut into 1-inch chunks

Directions

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By epicurious. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Olive + orangetop 8% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together2,456 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together29,779 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Olive + chickentop 9% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together11,888 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid hexyl ester (sweet, green).
Pepper + orangetop 10% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together2,402 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, sugar, pepper, chicken, onion):

Avocadobetter flavor fit
Lemonbetter flavor fit
Limebetter flavor fit
Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, sugar, pepper, chicken, onion. 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).

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