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Piri-piri Guinea Fowl

Try this fiery Portuguese marinade - chillies, garlic and lime juice - to bring extra punch to your poultry

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Piri-piri Guinea Fowl

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

Piri-piri Guinea Fowl

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

24Calories
1 gProtein
0 gFat
7 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Coriandernot 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. Lime + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,536 recipes

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

  2. Clove + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  3. Cinnamon + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Clove + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,038 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

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

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lime, clove, coriander, cinnamon, ginger, parsley):

  1. Cardamomfits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Allspicefits better
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lime, clove, coriander, cinnamon, ginger, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.