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Moroccan Baked Chicken with Chickpeas and Rice

Equipment and preparation: You will need a wide, shallow, flameproof casserole with a domed lid, about 23cm/9in across the base. Failing that, use any flameproof casserole of 3 litres/5 pints capacity.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients
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Why it works: Cumin and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,866 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Moroccan Baked Chicken with Chickpeas and Rice

Serves 4
Cook2 hr

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

733Calories
45 gProtein
21 gFat
87 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 15 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Chickpea1/2 cup canned (120g) drained134
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Olive1 large (4g)4
Coriandernot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Saffronnot in our table0

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

By bbcfood. 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. Cumin + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,866 recipes

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

  2. Chickpea + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together473 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Chickpea + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together451 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Coriander + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,498 recipes

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

  5. Saffron + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together538 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, chickpea, basmati rice, cumin, coriander, saffron, pepper):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonthe original
  3. Avocadofits about as well
  4. Coconutfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, chickpea, basmati rice, cumin, coriander, saffron, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.