Name: Healthy Choice Cafe Steamers Chicken Magherita
Ingredients: thumb|Steam Cooker in action; Cooked Angel Hair Pasta (Water, Enriched Semolina Flour [Ferrous Sulfate Iron], Egg White), Grilled White Meat Chicken: White Meat Chicken, Water, Seasoning, (Salt, Sugar, Chicken Flavor [Contains Maltodextrin, Chicken Broth, Salt, Disodium Inosinate and Disodium Guanylate], Dehydrated Onion and Gar

Why it works: Semolina and flour match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 325 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Healthy Choice Cafe Steamers Chicken Magherita

Ingredients

thumb|Steam Cooker in action
Cooked Angel Hair Pasta (Water, Enriched Semolina Flour [Ferrous Sulfate Iron], Egg White), Grilled White Meat Chicken: White Meat Chicken, Water, Seasoning, (Salt, Sugar, Chicken Flavor [Contains Maltodextrin, Chicken Broth, Salt, Disodium Inosinate and Disodium Guanylate], Dehydrated Onion and Gar

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1330Calories

66 gProtein

26 gFat

207 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 19 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Pasta	1 cup cooked (140g)	220
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Raisin	1 small box (28g)	85
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Corn Oil	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0
Semolina	not in our table	0
Meat	not in our table	0
Soybean Oil	not in our table	0
Bean	not in our table	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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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.

Semolina + flourtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together325 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Pasta + semolinatop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together27 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Pasta + flourtop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together659 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Pasta + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,961 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pasta, semolina, flour, egg, meat, chicken, sugar):

Shallotfits better
Arrowrootfits better
Spinachfits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pasta, semolina, flour, egg, meat, chicken, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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