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Curried Chicken and Bow Tie Pasta Salad

A salad of poached chicken, curry mayonnaise, and bow tie pasta with mixed peppers.

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Why it works: Parsley and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,057 recipes. Both carry cuminaldehyde, which smells Spicy, cumin. The science ↓

Curried Chicken and Bow Tie Pasta Salad

Time50 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Poach the chicken

  1. Poach chicken by placing it in a large pot with enough cold water to barely cover.

  2. Add peppercorns, bay leaf, parsley, thyme, onion, carrot and celery cut into quarters.

  3. Bring to a boil with lid on; reduce heat to low and simmer for 50 minutes.

  4. Cool in poaching liquid, then drain, skin and shred.

Make the curry flavoring

  1. To make curry flavoring, soften diced onion in hot oil, then add curry powder and cook over medium-high heat for a further 3 minutes.

  2. Add wine and water.

  3. Boil rapidly until reduced to about 3 tablespoons.

  4. Strain and let cool.

Assemble and serve

  1. Prepare curry mayonnaise by combining all ingredients until smooth.

  2. Place peppers in a large bowl (reserving a little for garnish) with chicken, pasta, salt, pepper and curry mayonnaise.

  3. Mix gently until well coated.

  4. If mayonnaise mixture is too thick, add warm water gradually until a smooth consistency is attained.

  5. Place a portion of salad on a bed of spinach and sprinkle reserved peppers on top.

  6. Assemble just before serving, as the mayonnaise quickly loses its fresh look.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

743Calories
49 gProtein
25 gFat
73 gCarbs

Counts 16 of 17 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 16 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0

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. Parsley + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  2. Parsley + carrottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,173 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  4. Parsley + celerytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,810 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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; poaching keeps the meat tender and moist.
Mayonnaise
Adds fat and creaminess, coating the pasta and chicken to give moisture.
Curry powder
Supplies the warm, aromatic spice flavour that defines the dish.
Bow tie pasta
Gives the salad its body and bulk, soaking up some of the dressing.
Peppers
Add crunch and fresh sweetness that contrast with the soft pasta and chicken.

The step that matters

Thinning the curry mayonnaise with warm water. Adding warm water gradually, rather than all at once, lets the emulsion loosen evenly. Adding it quickly can split or make the dressing grainy, so the salad turns out smooth and well coated.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, parsley, thyme, carrot, celery, pepper, pasta):

  1. Parsnipfits better
  2. Leekfits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, parsley, thyme, carrot, celery, pepper, pasta. 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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