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Sweet & Spicy Wings with Summer Slaw

Nothing less than BBQ bliss with these spicy wings and summer side - or bring them in for a satisfying midweek meal kids will love

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Sweet & Spicy Wings with Summer Slaw

Why it works: Radish and cucumber match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 212 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Sweet & Spicy Wings with Summer Slaw

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

498Calories
38 gProtein
5 gFat
77 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Mango1 cup diced (165g)99
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Peppermintnot 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. Radish + cucumbertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together212 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Mint + lemontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,998 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Cucumber + ricetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together734 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Cucumber + minttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together884 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Chicken + ricetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,769 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

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

Swap the mango

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, radish, cucumber, mint, lemon, rice):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Orangefits about as well
  4. Mangothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, radish, cucumber, mint, lemon, rice. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.