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Chicken Pasta Salad

I hope everyone had a fabulous summer - here in Seattle summer is still going strong and when it is warm i crave this chicken pasta salad.   This salad is great any time of the year and a perfect entree especially when you are craving a solid salad for dinner.   I have been doing…

By delishhh · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Chicken Pasta Salad

Why it works: Cucumber and lettuce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,409 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Chicken Pasta Salad

4 people
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

758Calories
61 gProtein
21 gFat
83 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Chicken100g cooked165
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Romaine Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pienot 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.

By delishhh. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Cucumber + lettucetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,409 recipes

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

  2. Pasta + lettucetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together39 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Pasta + cherry tomatotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Pasta + cucumbertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together298 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Cherry tomato + lettucetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, pasta, pepper, cucumber, cherry tomato, lettuce, parmesan cheese):

  1. Lentilsfits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Chickpeafits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, pasta, pepper, cucumber, cherry tomato, lettuce, parmesan cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.