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Chicken Nuggets with Smoked Paprika and Anchovy Mayo

These homemade chicken nuggets are posh people-pleasers. Serve as a moreish canapé at your next party.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Chicken Nuggets with Smoked Paprika and Anchovy Mayo

Why it works: Mustard and sunflower match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 233 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Chicken Nuggets with Smoked Paprika and Anchovy Mayo

Makes 12-16
Prep30 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

767Calories
67 gProtein
47 gFat
19 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 14 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Anchovy100g210
Chicken100g cooked165
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0
Semolinanot in our table0
Waternot 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. Mustard + sunflowertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together233 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Lemon + sunflowertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together352 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Vinegar + mustardtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. White wine + lemontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,832 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  5. Mustard + lemontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,816 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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 (egg, white wine, vinegar, lemon, anchovy, sunflower, semolina):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Spinachfits about as well
  3. Chivefits about as well
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, white wine, vinegar, lemon, anchovy, sunflower, semolina. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.