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Ginger & Lime Chicken with Sweet Potato Mash

This satisfying dish is packed full of zingy flavours, and it's low-fat too

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Lime and ginger match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,621 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 2
Prep15 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Boil the chopped sweet potatoes in a pan of boiling water for 12-15 minutes until tender, then drain and mash them until smooth.

  2. Mix the lime zest and juice, maple syrup or honey, and the grated ginger in a bowl to make a marinade. Add the chicken breasts and turn to coat, then chill for 10 minutes.

  3. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook for 5-6 minutes per side until cooked through to 165°F (74°C) in the thickest part.

  4. Add the ginger matchsticks to the pan for the last 2 minutes of cooking so they soften slightly.

  5. Rest the chicken for 3 minutes, then slice it.

  6. Serve the sliced chicken and ginger over the sweet potato mash.

By bbcgoodfood. 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. Lime + gingertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,621 recipes

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

  2. Lime + sweet potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together177 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Chicken + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together10,796 recipes

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

  4. Ginger + sweet potatotop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together306 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

  5. Maple syrup + sweet potatotop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together93 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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