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Aegean Salad

A salad of cooked brown rice, cucumber, scallions, parsley, feta, and a vinaigrette of garlic, olive oil, lime juice, dill.

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Why it works: Dill and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 669 recipes. Both carry p-mentha-1,3,8-triene, which smells camphor, herbal. The science ↓

Aegean Salad

Ingredients

Directions

Make the vinaigrette

  1. Mix all the ingredients for the vinaigrette and reserve.

Assemble the salad

  1. Combine all the ingredients for the salad.

  2. Add the vinaigrette and mix thoroughly.

  3. The vinaigrette can be added well in advance of serving.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

531Calories
14 gProtein
24 gFat
67 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
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
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.

Explore the science

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. Dill + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together669 recipes

    Shared aroma: p-mentha-1,3,8-triene (camphor, herbal).

  2. Dill + cucumbertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together530 recipes

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

  3. Lime + dilltop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together106 recipes

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

  4. Lime + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together547 recipes

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

  5. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 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

Brown rice
Provides chewy bulk that gives the salad body and holds the dressing.
Feta cheese
Adds salty, tangy richness and a crumbly texture.
Lime juice
Brings acidity that brightens the dressing and balances the fat.
Olive oil
Adds fat that carries the garlic and dill flavor through the salad.
Cucumber
Contributes cool, crisp moisture to the salad.

The step that matters

Adding and mixing the vinaigrette. The oil and lime juice must reach every piece evenly, or some bites will be bland and others oily. Mix thoroughly but gently, since rough stirring can bruise the cucumber and break up the crumbled feta, making the salad soggy and uneven.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, olive, lime, dill, rice, cucumber, parsley):

  1. Corianderfits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, olive, lime, dill, rice, cucumber, parsley. 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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