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Chicken & Almond Pilaf

Wholesome but packed with flavour, this is a simple, great-value rice dish

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Chicken & Almond Pilaf

Why it works: Dill and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 976 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Chicken & Almond Pilaf

Serves 2
Prep10 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

546Calories
38 gProtein
16 gFat
61 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Cardamom1 tsp ground (2g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Seednot 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. Dill + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together976 recipes

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

  2. Cardamom + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together405 recipes

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

  3. Cardamom + almondtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together457 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Cardamom + dilltop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together13 recipes

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

  5. Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, chicken, cardamom, basmati rice, dill, almond, lemon):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Broccolifits better
  3. Potatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, chicken, cardamom, basmati rice, dill, almond, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.