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Spicy Wings with Blue Cheese Sauce

A superior snack for a casual TV supper

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Spicy Wings with Blue Cheese Sauce

Why it works: Pepper and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 16,012 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Spicy Wings with Blue Cheese Sauce

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

508Calories
44 gProtein
34 gFat
4 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Blue Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
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 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. Pepper + celerytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Sauce + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,787 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Butter + blue cheesetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together232 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  5. Celery + blue cheesetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together90 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

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

Swap the celery

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

  1. Garlicfits about as well
  2. Celerythe original
  3. Tarragonfits less well
  4. Parsleyfits less well

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