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Moroccan-style Chicken with Carrot & Orange Salad

Boneless chicken thighs, stuffed and dusted with spice, stay succulent when roasted and are much cheaper than breast meat

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Moroccan-style Chicken with Carrot & Orange Salad

Why it works: Cumin and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,866 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Moroccan-style Chicken with Carrot & Orange Salad

Serves 4
Prep20 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

694Calories
40 gProtein
38 gFat
58 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Coriandernot in our table0
Saladnot 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. Cumin + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,866 recipes

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

  2. Cinnamon + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,103 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  3. Cinnamon + raisintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,390 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Cumin + pinetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together73 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  5. Cinnamon + pinetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together152 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

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

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cinnamon, cumin, coriander, olive, onion, pine, raisin):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Almondfits better
  3. Lentilsfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cinnamon, cumin, coriander, olive, onion, pine, raisin. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.