Name: KK's Thai Chicken and Noodles Recipe
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 8 oz of chicken boneless skinless breasts thin sliced in strips; 8 oz of the oriental Egg noodles or Vermicelli; 1 red pepper cut in thin strips; 2 carrots cut in match sticks 1" long; 4 scallions, Greens cut on the angle in 1" pieces. The white parts I dice.; 1/2 cup radishes thin sliced; 1 cup shitaki mushrooms chopped roughly; Canola or vegetable to cook the chicken in; Fresh lime wedges; 1 1/4 cups cilantro; 3 tablespoons soy sauce; 1 cup chicken broth; 4 tablespoons lime juice; 2 1/2 tablespoons fresh ginger grated; 3 teaspoons sugar, use more if you care for it sweeter, I go lighter; 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, use as much as you want according to taste.; 3 teaspoons of garlic minced; 3 teaspoons canola oil; 1 1/2 teaspoons sesame oil, I like the dark but either will work; Salt go light ... and pepper to taste

Why it works: Pepper and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,491 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

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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.

Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,491 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Chicken + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,172 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).
Radish + limetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together53 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Pepper + carrottop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together14,555 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Carrot + limetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together646 recipes

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

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, egg, pepper, carrot, mushroom, lime, sauce):

Capsicumfits better
Spinachfits better
Tomatofits better
Radishthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, egg, pepper, carrot, mushroom, lime, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Canola	1 tbsp (14g)	124
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Sesame	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2
Cilantro	1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

KK's Thai Chicken and Noodles Recipe