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Pulled Jerk Chicken Sandwiches Recipe

Jerk chicken normally gets marinaded forever and a day and then grilled up quickly. Here we throw it in the slow cooker so it marinates while it cooks, killing...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 18 ingredients
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Why it works: Chicken and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 5,091 recipes mention both. Both carry (e,e)-2,4-decadienal, which smells fatty, deep fried. The science ↓

The recipe

48 sandwiches (about 8 to 12 servings)

Ingredients

Contains: wheat, soy (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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By chow. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Chicken + lemontop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,091 recipes

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

  2. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Cinnamon + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Allspice + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,331 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Lemon + orangetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together10,632 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, chicken, molasses, vinegar, orange):

  1. Lemonthe original
  2. Grapeabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Figabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, chicken, molasses, vinegar, orange. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).