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Oriental Chicken & Peach Salad

Give chicken a lift with oriental flavours and a peach salad

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Oriental Chicken & Peach Salad

Why it works: Coriander and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,536 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Oriental Chicken & Peach Salad

Serves 8

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

593Calories
35 gProtein
31 gFat
46 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
Chicken100g cooked165
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Peach1 medium (150g)59
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Coriandernot in our table0
Sunflower Oilnot 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. Coriander + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,536 recipes

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

  2. Coriander + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,505 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  3. Lime + gingertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,621 recipes

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

  4. Peach + gingertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together218 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Peach + honeytop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together177 recipes

    Shared aroma: pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

Swap the peach

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, onion, coriander, lime, honey, ginger, sauce):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Peachthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, onion, coriander, lime, honey, ginger, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.