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Harissa Chicken with Herbed Couscous

A classic combination, harissa chicken and cous cous are tasty match made in heaven

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Harissa Chicken with Herbed Couscous

Why it works: Lemon and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,498 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Harissa Chicken with Herbed Couscous

Serves 2

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

455Calories
38 gProtein
16 gFat
40 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 8 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Couscous1 cup cooked (157g)176
Chicken100g cooked165
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Harissanot in our table0
Coriandernot in our table0
Peppermintnot in our table0
Beannot 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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Lemon + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,498 recipes

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

  2. Lemon + minttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,998 recipes

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

  3. Coriander + minttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together940 recipes

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

  4. Coriander + beanstop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,261 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  5. Harissa + minttop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together64 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

Swap the harissa

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lemon, coriander, chicken, mint, butter, beans):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Cardamomfits better
  4. Harissathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lemon, coriander, chicken, mint, butter, beans. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.