Why it works: Pasta and avocado share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 60 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓
Thai Curry-grilled Chicken with Green Peppercorn Pasta, Baby Vegetables and Avocado Lemon Sauce
Ingredients
Directions
Blend oil and paste.
Cover chicken for 24 hours.
Blend ingredients in Cuisinart and let stand for 1 hour.
Roll flat and dust with flour.
Roll through pasta machine and blanch in boiling water.
Toss with olive oil and season.
Sauté shallots and garlic.
Then add wine and reduce.
Add stock and reduce by half.
Blend mixture with spinach, butter, avocado, and strain.
Season with salt and pepper.
Cook vegetables as desired for four.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 14 of 15 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 14 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Avocado | 1 medium (150g) | 240 |
| Pasta | 1 cup cooked (140g) | 220 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Grapeseed Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 120 |
| Vegetable | 1 tbsp (14g) | 120 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Spinach | 1 cup raw (30g) | 7 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Sauce | 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.
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.
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Pasta + avocadotop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together60 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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Pasta + flourtop 5% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together659 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Pasta + lemontop 7% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together565 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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Avocado + lemontop 9% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together800 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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Lemon + white winetop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together3,832 recipes
Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the lemon
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, pasta, egg, flour, sauce, avocado, white wine):
- Limefits about as well
- Lemonthe original
- Coconutfits less well
- Cherryfits less well
Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, pasta, egg, flour, sauce, avocado, white wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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