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Thai Turkey Stir-fry

A flash-in-the-pan noodle dish that's flavoursome, low fat and fast for those with a busy schedule

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Thai Turkey Stir-fry

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Thai Turkey Stir-fry

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

470Calories
39 gProtein
4 gFat
67 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 10 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0
Peppermintnot in our table0
Coriandernot 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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Sunflower + limetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together200 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Rice + sunflowertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together263 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Clove + limetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together909 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Garlic + limetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,411 recipes

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

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

Swap the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, sunflower, turkey, onion, garlic, clove, lime):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Broccolifits better
  3. Carrotfits better
  4. Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, sunflower, turkey, onion, garlic, clove, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.