Name: Salpicão Salad
Ingredients: 1 lb chicken breast; 4 thin slices of ham; ½ cup drained green peas; 1 cup heart of palms chopped; 2 large carrots; 3 cups shoestring potatoes fries; 1 green apple; 1 cup mayonnaise

Why it works: Carrot and potato match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,107 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Salpicão Salad

Ingredients

Directions

Cook chicken breast with salt, drain and cut into ¼-inch cubes.
Coarsely grate carrots and cut ham slices into fine strings.
Peel, remove core and cut green apple into ¼-inch cubes.
In a large bowl, combine the chopped chicken, ham strings, drained peas, chopped heart of palms, grated raw carrots and diced apple.
Mix all ingredients while adding the cup of mayonnaise.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

828Calories

74 gProtein

24 gFat

80 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Green Apple	1 medium (182g)	95
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Pea	1/2 cup (72g)	62
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Heart Of Palm	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

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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.

Carrot + potatotop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,107 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Chicken + potatotop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,756 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).
Peas + carrottop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,994 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Peas + potatotop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,016 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Carrot + appletop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together680 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

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

Swap the heart of palm

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, ham, peas, carrot, potato, apple):

Asparagusfits better
Tomatofits better
Capsicumfits better
Heart of palmthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, ham, peas, carrot, potato, apple. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.