Name: Spicy Chicken Nasi Goreng
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 2 tbsp sunflower oil; 3 shallots , sliced into thin rings; 2 large eggs , beaten; 2 tbsp low-salt soy sauce; 1 tbsp nasi goreng paste (we used Yeo's); 1 large skinless chicken breast , sliced; 250g pouch cooked basmati rice (or 250g cooked and cooled basmati rice); 100g frozen peas; coriander leaves, to serve

Why it works: Sunflower and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 369 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Spicy Chicken Nasi Goreng

Serves 2

Prep10 min

Cook15 min

Ingredients

2 tbsp sunflower oil
3 shallots , sliced into thin rings
2 large eggs , beaten
2 tbsp low-salt soy sauce
1 tbsp nasi goreng paste (we used Yeo's)
1 large skinless chicken breast , sliced
250g pouch cooked basmati rice (or 250g cooked and cooled basmati rice)
100g frozen peas
coriander leaves, to serve

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

564Calories

48 gProtein

10 gFat

68 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Pea	1/2 cup (72g)	62
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Sunflower Oil	not in our table	0
Coriander	not in our table	0

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.

Sunflower + coriandertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together369 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Shallot + peastop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together173 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).
Sunflower + shallottop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Shallot + coriandertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together305 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Peas + coriandertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together428 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

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

Swap the coriander

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sunflower, shallot, egg, sauce, chicken, basmati rice, peas):

Capersfits better
Tarragonfits better
Turmericfits better
Corianderthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sunflower, shallot, egg, sauce, chicken, basmati rice, peas. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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