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Spiced Couscous with Chicken & Almonds

A low fat, low gi supper that's ready in just 20 minutes

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Spiced Couscous with Chicken & Almonds

Why it works: Apricot and almond match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 852 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Spiced Couscous with Chicken & Almonds

Serves 2

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

510Calories
56 gProtein
5 gFat
57 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Couscous1 cup cooked (157g)176
Chicken100g cooked165
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Apricot1 medium (35g)17
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1

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. Apricot + almondtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together852 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

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

  3. Onion + parsleytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,843 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Almond + parsleytop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together548 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Onion + almondtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,769 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the apricot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, onion, almond, parsley, yogurt):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Apricotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, onion, almond, parsley, yogurt. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.