Name: Turkey and Ham Combo
Ingredients: 1/2 cup chopped onion; 1 green pepper, cut into 1-inch squares; 1 1/2 tablespoons butter or margarine; 2 10-3/4-ounce cans condensed cream of chicken soup; 2 cups cooked turkey cubes; 1 cup cooked ham cubes; 1 8-1/4-ounce can crushed pineapple, drained; 1/3 cup toasted sliced almonds; 3 cups hot cooked rice; 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Why it works: Chicken and turkey work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 688 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-decenal, which smells green, must. The science ↓

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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.

Chicken + turkeytop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together688 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).
Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Onion + chickentop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together68,474 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Pepper + pineappletop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together533 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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

What each ingredient does

Cream of chicken soup: Forms the creamy, saucy base that binds the meats and pineapple together.
Turkey: Provides the main protein and substance of the dish.
Ham: Adds savory, salty flavor and a firmer, meaty bite.
Rice: Serves as a neutral starchy bed that soaks up the sauce.
Pineapple: Adds sweetness and a touch of acidity that brightens the savory sauce.
Butter: Carries the onion and pepper flavor and helps them soften gently.

Swap the pineapple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, pepper, butter, cream, chicken, turkey, ham):

Lemonfits better
Coconutfits better
Grapefits better
Pineapplethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, pepper, butter, cream, chicken, turkey, ham. 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.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Pineapple	1 cup chunks (165g)	82
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Almond	1 almond (1.2g)	7
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Soup	not in our table	0

Turkey and Ham Combo