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Galinha À Macau

A Macanese chicken stew with coconut milk, potatoes, onions, garlic, and spices.

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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Galinha À Macau

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cut chicken into small pieces and marinate with garlic, bay leaves, salt and pepper.

Make the stew

  1. Put butter in a pot and sauté the onions.

  2. Add turmeric powder, sliced lemon, chicken pieces and diced potatoes.

  3. Stew everything until cooked.

  4. Add coconut milk.

  5. Correct seasoning and check consistency.

Finish and serve

  1. Sprinkle with grated coconut and gratinate under the grill until light brown.

  2. Garnish with slices of boiled egg or chourico and black olives.

  3. Serve with rice.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1108Calories
74 gProtein
62 gFat
66 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Pork100g cooked242
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
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.

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

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.

  1. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Coconut + turmerictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,027 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

  3. Lemon + turmerictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,192 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Garlic + turmerictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,363 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

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

What each ingredient does

Chicken
Provides the main protein and, as it stews, the body of the dish.
Potatoes
Absorb the seasoned liquid and thicken the stew as they break down.
Coconut milk
Adds richness and creaminess, mellowing the spices into a smooth sauce.
Onions
Soften and sweeten during sautéing, forming the base flavour of the stew.
Butter
Carries flavour and adds richness when used to sauté the onions.
Grated coconut
Toasts under the grill, adding browning and a nutty aroma to the top.

The step that matters

Gratinate under the grill until light brown. Grilling is brief and intense, so the coconut can go from golden to burnt within moments. Watching closely gives even browning without bitterness.

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, onion, garlic, coconut, milk, egg, turmeric):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Mangofits about as well
  3. Limefits about as well
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, onion, garlic, coconut, milk, egg, turmeric. 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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