Name: Harissa Chicken with Chickpea Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 8 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 250g punnet cherry tomatoes , halved; ½ small red onion , chopped; 400g can chickpeas , drained; small bunch parsley , roughly chopped; juice 1 lemon; 2 skinless chicken breasts , halved lengthways through the middle; 1 tbsp harissa; fat-free natural yogurt and wholemeal pitta bread, to serve

Why it works: Parsley and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Harissa Chicken with Chickpea Salad

Serves 2

Prep15 min

Cook8 min

Ingredients

250g punnet cherry tomatoes , halved
½ small red onion , chopped
400g can chickpeas , drained
small bunch parsley , roughly chopped
juice 1 lemon
2 skinless chicken breasts , halved lengthways through the middle
1 tbsp harissa
fat-free natural yogurt and wholemeal pitta bread, to serve

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1020Calories

73 gProtein

8 gFat

164 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Chickpea	1/2 cup canned (120g) drained	134
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Cherry	1 cup (138g)	87
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Harissa	not in our table	0

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.

Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together14,037 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Chickpea + parsleytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together314 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Chickpea + lemontop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together527 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Onion + chickentop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Onion + chickpeatop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together860 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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 (onion, chickpea, parsley, lemon, chicken, harissa, yogurt):

Limefits better
Avocadofits better
Cherryfits better
Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, chickpea, parsley, lemon, chicken, harissa, yogurt. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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