Name: Turkey Steaks with Citrus & Ginger Sauce
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 2 tsp cornflour; 4 quick-cook turkey breast steaks, weighing about 300g/10oz total; 1 tbsp sunflower oil; 3 oranges , juice of 2 and one peeled and cut into segments; 1 tsp grated fresh ginger; 1 tsp clear honey; 1 pink grapefruit , peeled and cut into segments; 1 tbsp fresh snipped chives or chopped parsley; wild or long grain rice and steamed broccoli, to serve

Why it works: Orange and grapefruit match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 233 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Turkey Steaks with Citrus & Ginger Sauce

Serves 2

Ingredients

2 tsp cornflour
4 quick-cook turkey breast steaks, weighing about 300g/10oz total
1 tbsp sunflower oil
3 oranges , juice of 2 and one peeled and cut into segments
1 tsp grated fresh ginger
1 tsp clear honey
1 pink grapefruit , peeled and cut into segments
1 tbsp fresh snipped chives or chopped parsley
wild or long grain rice and steamed broccoli, to serve

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

608Calories

42 gProtein

5 gFat

102 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Grapefruit	1/2 fruit (123g)	52
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2
Chive	1 tbsp (3g)	1
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Sunflower Oil	not in our table	0

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.

Orange + grapefruittop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together233 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Orange + gingertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,833 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Sunflower + chivetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together67 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Sunflower + ricetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together263 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Ginger + grapefruittop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together38 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the chive

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (turkey, sunflower, orange, ginger, honey, grapefruit, rice):

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Lettucefits better
Chivethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against turkey, sunflower, orange, ginger, honey, grapefruit, rice. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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