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Southern-style Cobb Salad

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Why it works: Lettuce and watercress match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 307 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Southern-style Cobb Salad

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

673Calories
47 gProtein
35 gFat
48 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Chicken100g cooked165
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Iceberg Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Flowernot 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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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. Lettuce + watercresstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together307 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Lettuce + avocadotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together464 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  3. Avocado + watercresstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together44 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Tomato + avocadotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,385 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Peas + lettucetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,293 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 peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, lettuce, egg, plum, tomato, avocado, watercress):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Cashew nutfits better
  4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, lettuce, egg, plum, tomato, avocado, watercress. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.