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Seaweed Curry

chicken seaweed & plum curry with dumplings

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Seaweed Curry

Why it works: Plum and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,052 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Seaweed Curry

Serves 6

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

206Calories
32 gProtein
4 gFat
10 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 9 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saucenot in our table0
Seaweednot in our table0
Nutnot in our table0
Dumplingnot 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. Plum + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,052 recipes

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

  2. Lettuce + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,037 recipes

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

  3. Lettuce + plumtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together79 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  4. Lettuce + chickentop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,421 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Chicken + peppertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,958 recipes

    Shared aroma: piperonal (bitter, coconut).

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

Swap the seaweed

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, lettuce, plum, chicken, pepper):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Mustardfits better
  4. Seaweedthe original

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