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Buddig Fix Quix Chicken Pita with Yogurt Sauce Recipe

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By chow · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Cucumber and pita bread work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 65 recipes mention both. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

The recipe

1 serving Nutritional Information (per serving, without fruit): 285 calories; 2.5 grams total fat;

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Cucumber + pita breadtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together65 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Cucumber + lettucetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,409 recipes

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

  3. Chicken + oniontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together17,808 recipes

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

  4. Cucumber + yogurttop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together649 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Grape + yogurttop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together550 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the grape

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, cucumber, onion, lettuce, pita bread, yogurt, pepper):

  1. Avocadobetter flavor fit
  2. Limebetter flavor fit
  3. Cherryabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Grapethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, cucumber, onion, lettuce, pita bread, yogurt, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).