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Satay Chicken with Radish & Mint Salad

Spice up chicken thighs with a few storecupboard ingredients for a great-value midweek meal

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Satay Chicken with Radish & Mint Salad

Why it works: Cumin and turmeric match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,698 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Satay Chicken with Radish & Mint Salad

Serves 2

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

472Calories
42 gProtein
19 gFat
38 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
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Coriandernot in our table0
Peppermintnot 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 + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,698 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Coriander + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,866 recipes

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

  3. Coriander + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,253 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Shallot + turmerictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together282 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Shallot + cucumbertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together264 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the peanut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shallot, coriander, cumin, turmeric, fish sauce, chicken, cucumber):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Lentilsfits better
  3. Cashew nutfits better
  4. Peanutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shallot, coriander, cumin, turmeric, fish sauce, chicken, cucumber. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.