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Spanish Chicken

A spicy chicken dish cooked with ginger, garlic, onions, tomatoes, chilies, vinegar, ketchup, and spices.

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Why it works: Ginger and turmeric match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,776 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Spanish Chicken

Time5 mins

Ingredients

Directions

Make the base

  1. Heat the oil.

  2. Fry ginger and garlic for 2 mins.

  3. Then fry the onion till golden brown.

  4. Add tomatoes and fry till it becomes soft.

  5. Now add chillies and fry well.

Cook the chicken

  1. Add chicken pieces, salt, pepper, chilli powder and bay leaf.

  2. Cook over low heat till chicken cooks and lastly add the vinegar and ketchup and keep on fire for 5 mins.

  3. Keep a lot of cool drinks on the side and serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

384Calories
34 gProtein
18 gFat
21 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Saladnot 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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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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. Ginger + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,776 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Pepper + turmerictop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,478 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Garlic + turmerictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,363 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

What each ingredient does

Chickens
Provides the main protein, which cooks through in the spiced sauce.
Onions
Fry to golden brown, adding sweetness and savoury depth to the base.
Tomatoes
Softened by frying, they add moisture and body to the sauce.
Green chilies
Add heat and fresh pungency to the base.
Garlic
Adds aroma and pungency when fried in the oil.
Vinegar
Adds acidity that brightens the sauce and balances the richness.

The step that matters

Adding the vinegar and ketchup. These acidic and sugary ingredients go in near the end, after the chicken is cooked. Added too early, the acid can toughen the meat's surface and the ketchup can scorch and darken the sauce, so a short simmer at low heat is needed.

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, ginger, garlic, onion, vinegar, pepper, turmeric):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Mustardfits better
  3. Broccolifits better
  4. Tomatothe original

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

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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