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Sharbat Dajaaj

A Libyan chicken soup made with chicken, onion, spices, tomato, and water.

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Why it works: Onion and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 20,633 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Sharbat Dajaaj

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Put the meat and onion with 3 cups of water in a pan, add the spices and 1 sp of oil, and cook till the meat is done.

  2. Add the tomatoes and krafis, add enough water, and leave cooking till done.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

231Calories
33 gProtein
4 gFat
15 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Salt1 tsp (6g)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).

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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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.

  1. Onion + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

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

  2. Chicken + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,031 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Chicken
Supplies the main protein and flavour that the broth is built around.
Onion
Adds aromatic sweetness and body to the broth as it cooks down.
Tomato
Adds acidity and moisture that give the soup a fresher, rounder flavour.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, tomato):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Okrafits about as well
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, tomato. 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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