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Recipe Flash: Quinoa Tabouli

By biggirlssmallkitchen · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Quinoa and shallot share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25 recipes. Both carry 2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Recipe Flash: Quinoa Tabouli

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

638Calories
43 gProtein
21 gFat
72 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Peppermintnot 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 biggirlssmallkitchen. 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. Quinoa + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together25 recipes

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

  2. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Shallot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,737 recipes

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

  4. Mint + lemontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,998 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Shallot + lemontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,523 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (quinoa, chicken, shallot, parsley, mint, vinegar, lemon):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against quinoa, chicken, shallot, parsley, mint, vinegar, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.