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Grilled BBQ Chicken Sandwiches Recipe

If you love BBQ chicken, but also like a good burger, there’s no need to sacrifice…just compromise! Bring the best of both worlds together with this Grilled BBQ...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Chicken and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,814 recipes. Both carry gamma-nonanolactone, which smells coconut, sweet. The science ↓

Grilled BBQ Chicken Sandwiches Recipe

4 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

444Calories
40 gProtein
24 gFat
17 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
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Saucenot 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 chow. 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. Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  2. Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Chicken + mozzarella cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together600 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Onion + mozzarella cheesetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Chicken + peppertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,958 recipes

    Shared aroma: piperonal (bitter, coconut).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, pepper, sauce, mozzarella cheese):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Spinachfits about as well
  4. Onionthe original

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