Name: Broccoli Lemon Chicken with Cashews
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 1 tbsp groundnut oil or sunflower oil; 340g pack of mini chicken breast fillets (sometimes called goujons); 2 garlic cloves , sliced; 200g pack tender stem broccoli , stems halved if very long; 200ml chicken stock; 1 heaped tsp cornflour; 1 tbsp clear honey or 2 tsp golden caster sugar; the zest of half a lemon and the juice of a whole one; a large handful of roasted cashews

Why it works: Garlic and broccoli match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,072 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Broccoli Lemon Chicken with Cashews

Serves 2

Ingredients

1 tbsp groundnut oil or sunflower oil
340g pack of mini chicken breast fillets (sometimes called goujons)
2 garlic cloves , sliced
200g pack tender stem broccoli , stems halved if very long
200ml chicken stock
1 heaped tsp cornflour
1 tbsp clear honey or 2 tsp golden caster sugar
the zest of half a lemon and the juice of a whole one
a large handful of roasted cashews

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

625Calories

41 gProtein

30 gFat

54 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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Cashew	1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts)	157
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
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.

Garlic + broccolitop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,072 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Sunflower + broccolitop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together146 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).
Broccoli + lemontop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together809 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Sunflower + lemontop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together352 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,850 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sunflower, chicken, garlic, broccoli, honey, lemon):

Thymefits better
Corianderfits better
Rosemaryfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sunflower, chicken, garlic, broccoli, honey, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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