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

   Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

2. Garlic + peanuttop 4% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together877 recipes

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

3. Garlic + mustardtop 6% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together4,053 recipes

   Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

4. Onion + mustardtop 6% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together9,259 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

5. Garlic + chickentop 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

Peanut butter

Forms the thick, creamy body of the sauce as it simmers and reduces.

Tomato paste

Adds concentrated acidity and colour, and helps thicken the sauce.

Onion

Builds the savoury base flavour when fried with aromatics.

Garlic

Contributes pungent aroma that mellows as it cooks.

Chicken

Provides the main protein; browning first adds savoury flavour to the stew.

The step that matters

Swap the mustard

The recipe marks mustard as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, garlic, clove, chicken, peanut, butter, vinegar):

1. Potatofits about as well
2. Chivefits about as well
3. Capsicumfits about as well
4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, garlic, clove, chicken, peanut, butter, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.