Name: Summer Salad Bowl
Ingredients: 3 cups cold, cooked rice; cup cooked chicken in 1/2-inch cubes; 1/2 cup celery, cut in 1/4-inch pieces; cup pineapple; 2 tbs. chopped peanut; tsp. salt; cup mayonnaise; 3 tbs. orange juice concentrate; 2 heads lettuce

Why it works: Celery and lettuce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,033 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

Summer Salad Bowl

Ingredients

Directions

In a bowl combine the rice, cooked chicken, celery, pineapply and chopped peanuts. Stir in well until well mixed.
Blend the mayonnaise with the orange juice concentrate until you get a consistent mixture.
Line wooden salad bowls using 1 to 2 heads of lettuce
Dvide the mixture between the bowls and garnish with the orange mayonnaise.
Category:Cameroonian Recipes
Category:Cameroonian Salads

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

765Calories

52 gProtein

24 gFat

89 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Peanut	1 oz (28g)	161
Pineapple	1 cup chunks (165g)	82
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Lettuce	1 cup shredded (36g)	5
Salt	1 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).

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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.

Celery + lettucetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,033 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Rice + peanuttop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together670 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).
Rice + chickentop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,769 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).
Pineapple + orangetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,664 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).
Peanut + lettucetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together170 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 pineapple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, chicken, celery, peanut, orange, lettuce):

Limefits better
Avocadofits better
Coconutfits better
Pineapplethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, chicken, celery, peanut, orange, lettuce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.