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Chicken Salad with Greek Yogurt

Greek yogurt is a great substitute ingredient for mayonnaise. In my chicken salad with Greek yogurt recipe, you won’t be missing the mayonnaise one bit!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Chicken Salad with Greek Yogurt

Why it works: Grape and apple match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,659 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Chicken Salad with Greek Yogurt

Serves 4
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

591Calories
54 gProtein
9 gFat
78 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Grape + appletop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,659 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  2. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  3. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  4. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

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

  5. Grape + almondtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,435 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-methylbutanol (malty, whiskey).

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (grape, chicken, almond, yogurt, lemon, garlic, pepper):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Cherryfits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against grape, chicken, almond, yogurt, lemon, garlic, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.