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Chicken Cabbage Salad

A salad of cabbage, cilantro, green onions, almonds, sunflower seeds, ramen noodles, and chicken dressed with oil, vinegar, and seasoning.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 13 ingredients
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Why it works: Almond and sunflower match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 165 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Chicken Cabbage Salad

Time1 hour

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the salad

  1. Chop the cabbage, cilantro leaves, and green onions until they are evenly chopped. Mix the chopped vegetables together.

  2. Add the almonds and sunflower seeds. Break up the ramen noodles and add them to the salad.

Dress and serve

  1. Mix the oil, rice vinegar, and flavoring to make the dressing. Pour the dressing over the salad and season with salt and pepper to taste.

  2. Let the salad sit for an hour to absorb flavor.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

734Calories
42 gProtein
46 gFat
42 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sunflower Seed1 oz (28g) hulled165
Chicken100g cooked165
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

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. Almond + sunflowertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together165 recipes

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

  2. Chicken + ricetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,769 recipes

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

  3. Sunflower + ricetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together263 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Almond + ricetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,456 recipes

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

  5. Cabbage + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,001 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Cabbage
Forms the crunchy bulk of the salad and holds its texture under dressing.
Ramen noodles
Adds crisp texture and softens as they absorb the dressing while resting.
Rice vinegar
Adds acidity that brightens the dressing and balances the oil.
Vegetable or canola oil
Carries the flavoring and gives the dressing body and a smooth mouthfeel.
Cooked chicken breasts
Provides protein and savory, tender bulk to the salad.

The step that matters

Resting the salad. Letting the salad sit an hour lets the dressing soften the noodles and cabbage. Resting too long can make the noodles soggy and the cabbage limp, so timing matters.

Swap the cabbage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, almond, sunflower, chicken, canola oil, rice, vinegar):

  1. Mustardfits better
  2. Broccolifits better
  3. Potatofits better
  4. Cabbagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, almond, sunflower, chicken, canola oil, rice, vinegar. 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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