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Asparagus, Chicken Salad

An easy spring salad with cajun and british influences

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Why it works: Asparagus and beetroot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 116 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Asparagus, Chicken Salad

Serves 2

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

396Calories
37 gProtein
18 gFat
24 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Asparagus6 spears (90g)27
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Olive1 large (4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Beetrootnot 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. Asparagus + beetroottop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together116 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Asparagus + peastop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together808 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Asparagus + lemontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together704 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Asparagus + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,096 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  5. Lemon + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,922 recipes

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

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (asparagus, beetroot, vinegar, chicken, peas, olive, onion):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Cherryfits about as well
  3. Limefits about as well
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against asparagus, beetroot, vinegar, chicken, peas, olive, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.