Name: Chicken with Mustard Seeds
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1¼-1½ tsp salt; 1 tsp ground turmeric; one 1kg/2¼lb chicken; 1 tbsp brown mustard seeds; 4-5 fresh hot green chillies, roughly chopped; 4½tbsp mustard oil or any other vegetable oil; 3 tbsp chopped, fresh green coriander

Why it works: Turmeric and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,253 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Chicken with Mustard Seeds

Serves 4

Prep30 min

Cook1 hr

Ingredients

1¼-1½ tsp salt
1 tsp ground turmeric
one 1kg/2¼lb chicken
1 tbsp brown mustard seeds
4-5 fresh hot green chillies, roughly chopped
4½tbsp mustard oil or any other vegetable oil
3 tbsp chopped, fresh green coriander

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

299Calories

32 gProtein

18 gFat

2 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Turmeric	1 tsp ground (3g)	9
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Mustard Oil	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Seed	not in our table	0
Coriander	not in our table	0

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.

Turmeric + coriandertop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,253 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Turmeric + mustardtop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,279 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Mustard + coriandertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together967 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Chicken + mustardtop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,192 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, creamy).
Chicken + coriandertop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,751 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).

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

Swap the mustard

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

Capsicumfits better
Tomatofits better
Arrowrootfits about as well
Mustardthe original

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

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