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Chicken Faijta Rice Bowl

A quick and flavorful fajita flavored rice bowl, topped with chicken and vegetables. The perfect weeknight meal.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Chicken Faijta Rice Bowl

Why it works: Chicken and rice are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 4,769 recipes mention both. Both carry (e,e)-2,4-decadienal, which smells fatty, deep fried. The science ↓

Chicken Faijta Rice Bowl

Serves 4
Prep5 min
Cook13 min

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

  1. Chicken + ricetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together4,769 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

  2. Rice + tomatotop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,065 recipes

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

  3. Pepper + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together17,923 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Onion + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together20,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Chicken + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together6,031 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the tomato

The recipe marks tomato as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, pepper, onion, sauce, rice):

  1. Capsicumabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Tomatothe original
  3. Potatoabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Mustardabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, pepper, onion, sauce, rice. 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).