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Miso Chicken with Walnuts and Grapes

This dish is a fine example of Yottam Ottolenghi's keen eye for unexpected but dazzlingly good flavour combinations.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Miso Chicken with Walnuts and Grapes

Why it works: Cider and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,431 recipes. Both carry 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol, which smells smoky, clove. The science ↓

Miso Chicken with Walnuts and Grapes

Serves 4
Cook2 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

523Calories
36 gProtein
19 gFat
48 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 16 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Red Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Miso1 tbsp (18g)34
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
White Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Tarragon1 tsp dried (0.5g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Cidernot in our table0
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0
Waternot 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 bbcfood. 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. Cider + vinegartop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,431 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

  2. Cider + white winetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together194 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  3. Ginger + shallottop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together565 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Shallot + sunflowertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34 recipes

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

  5. Ginger + sunflowertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together337 recipes

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

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

Swap the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, miso, cider, vinegar, shallot, sunflower, white wine):

  1. Tarragonfits better
  2. Garlicfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Gingerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, miso, cider, vinegar, shallot, sunflower, white wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.