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Coriander and Chilli Chicken

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 19 ingredients
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Why it works: Coriander and naan work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 77 recipes mention both. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Contains: wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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

  1. Coriander + naantop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together77 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Clove + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,027 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  3. Cardamom + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,299 recipes

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

  4. Cardamom + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together872 recipes

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

  5. Ginger + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (clove, garlic, cardamom, ginger, cinnamon, coriander, pepper):

  1. Carrotbetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against clove, garlic, cardamom, ginger, cinnamon, coriander, pepper. 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).