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Lemony Crumbed Turkey with Broccoli-bean Smash

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By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Lemony Crumbed Turkey with Broccoli-bean Smash

Why it works: Lemon and parsley 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 ↓

Lemony Crumbed Turkey with Broccoli-bean Smash

Serves 4
Prep25 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

977Calories
57 gProtein
23 gFat
137 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Sunflower Oilnot 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 + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

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

  2. Parsley + broccolitop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together653 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Sunflower + broccolitop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together146 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  4. Lemon + broccolitop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together809 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Lemon + sunflowertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together352 recipes

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

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

Swap the lemon

The recipe marks lemon as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, egg, parsley, turkey, sunflower, cherry tomato, broccoli):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, egg, parsley, turkey, sunflower, cherry tomato, broccoli. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.