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Confetti Rice Salad

A rice salad made with cooked rice, green onions, pimentos, vinegar, salad oil, and sugar.

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

Confetti Rice Salad

Timeabout 5 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the rice

  1. Combine rice, contents of seasoning packet and water in cooking pan.

  2. Bring to a vigorous boil.

  3. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until water is absorbed, about 5 minutes.

Make the salad

  1. Add green onion and pimentos.

  2. Combine vinegar, salad oil, and sugar.

  3. Stir into rice mixture.

  4. Chill before serving.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

586Calories
36 gProtein
18 gFat
68 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 9 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Waternot in our table0
Pimentonot in our table0
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. Chicken + ricetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,769 recipes

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

  2. Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  3. Rice + oniontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,433 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Onion + vinegartop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,226 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  5. Vinegar + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,806 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

What each ingredient does

Rice pilaf
Forms the starchy base that absorbs the water and gives the salad its body.
Vinegar
Adds acidity that sharpens the flavor and balances the sugar.
Salad oil
Coats the rice grains, adding moisture and a silky mouthfeel.
Sugar
Adds sweetness that offsets the acidity of the vinegar.
Pimentos
Add mild sweetness and color to the salad.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, rice, vinegar, sugar):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Mustardfits better
  3. Cucumberfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, rice, vinegar, sugar. 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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