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Vietnamese Coleslaw with Grilled Chicken

Don't limit cabbage to winter dishes, it turns a few simple ingredients into the lightest, summery coleslaw

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 18 ingredients
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Vietnamese Coleslaw with Grilled Chicken

Why it works: Coriander and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,536 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Vietnamese Coleslaw with Grilled Chicken

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

336Calories
37 gProtein
5 gFat
40 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Chinese Cabbage1 cup shredded (89g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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. Coriander + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,536 recipes

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

  2. Celery + carrottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,173 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  3. Mint + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together846 recipes

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

  4. Carrot + coriandertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,297 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  5. Mint + coriandertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together940 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 cabbage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (celery, carrot, mint, coriander, chicken, lime, rice):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Cucumberfits better
  4. Cabbagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against celery, carrot, mint, coriander, chicken, lime, rice. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.