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Honey and Mustard Glazed Chicken Salad with Pine Nuts and Goats' Cheese

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Pine and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,062 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Honey and Mustard Glazed Chicken Salad with Pine Nuts and Goats' Cheese

Serves 2
Prep30 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

690Calories
43 gProtein
49 gFat
24 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine1 oz (28g)191
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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.

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. Pine + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,062 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Mustard + pinetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together96 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Mustard + vinegartop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Mustard + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,950 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Chicken + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,888 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid hexyl ester (sweet, green).

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, honey, mustard, cheese, pine, vinegar, olive):

  1. Sesamefits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Chickpeafits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, honey, mustard, cheese, pine, vinegar, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.