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Teriyaki Chicken Meatballs with Rice & Greens

Try a family supper with a difference with these chicken patties served in a sweet Japanese sauce and basmati

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Teriyaki Chicken Meatballs with Rice & Greens

Why it works: Shallot and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,523 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Teriyaki Chicken Meatballs with Rice & Greens

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

629Calories
38 gProtein
18 gFat
78 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9

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. Shallot + lemontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,523 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Shallot + carrottop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together803 recipes

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

  3. Carrot + lemontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,351 recipes

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

  4. Chicken + basmati ricetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together289 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  5. Sauce + sugartop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,147 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the lemon

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

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Avocadofits about as well
  3. Limefits about as well
  4. Lemonthe original

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