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Sticky Soy and Apricot Chicken

Chicken in a sticky Soy and Apricot Sauce, served with cous cous and summer vegetables

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Sticky Soy and Apricot Chicken

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 ↓

Sticky Soy and Apricot Chicken

Serves 2

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

437Calories
33 gProtein
31 gFat
5 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apricot1 medium (35g)17
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7

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. Olive + almondtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,875 recipes

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

  3. Chicken + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,888 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid hexyl ester (sweet, green).

  4. Apricot + olivetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together433 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Chicken + almondtop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together838 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, sauce, olive, almond):

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

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