Chicken and Mixed Fruit Salad

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. Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

2. Lime + lettucetop 3% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together408 recipes

   Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

3. Pineapple + grapetop 3% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together709 recipes

   Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).

4. Orange + limetop 4% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together937 recipes

   Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

5. Lime + pineappletop 5% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together469 recipes

   Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

What each ingredient does

Boneless chicken

Provides the protein base that gives the salad its substance and bulk.

Mayonnaise

Adds fat and creaminess, binding the fruit and chicken into a moist dressing.

Iceberg lettuce

Adds crisp texture and a cool, watery crunch that contrasts with the soft fruit.

Oranges

Contribute sweetness, acidity and juice that brighten the creamy dressing.

Green grapes

Add sweetness and juicy bursts of texture through the salad.

Swap the lettuce

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, pepper, orange, lime, pineapple, grape):

1. Capsicumfits better
2. Tomatofits better
3. Carrotfits about as well
4. Lettucethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, pepper, orange, lime, pineapple, grape. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.