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Japanese Fried Chicken Wings

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Why it works: Ginger and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,154 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Japanese Fried Chicken Wings

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

826Calories
46 gProtein
18 gFat
102 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sake1 oz (30ml)39
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2

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. Ginger + lemontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,154 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Sake + gingertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together114 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  3. Chicken + saketop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together46 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  4. Chicken + gingertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,494 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Chicken + lemontop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,092 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, sake, sauce, ginger):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, sake, sauce, ginger. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.