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Massaman Curry Roast Chicken

A full-flavoured alternative to your usual weekend roast - serve with a big bowl of rice

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Massaman Curry Roast Chicken

Why it works: Ginger and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,621 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Massaman Curry Roast Chicken

Serves 4
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1202Calories
52 gProtein
59 gFat
121 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Lemongrass1 tbsp (6g)5
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2

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. Ginger + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,621 recipes

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

  2. Lime + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together934 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Ginger + coconuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,168 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Olive + potatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,458 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Chicken + potatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,756 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).

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

Swap the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, ginger, olive, potato, coconut, milk, sugar):

  1. Mangofits better
  2. Cherryfits about as well
  3. Vanillafits about as well
  4. Limethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, ginger, olive, potato, coconut, milk, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.