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Chicken with Lemongrass & Coconut

An unashamedly rich and creamy chicken, coconut and lemongrass Thai dish - which you can make ahead and freeze

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Chicken with Lemongrass & Coconut

Why it works: Ginger and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,621 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Chicken with Lemongrass & Coconut

Serves 6

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

742Calories
40 gProtein
31 gFat
78 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Kaffir Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Lemongrass1 tbsp (6g)5
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Galangalnot 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. Ginger + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,621 recipes

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

  2. Lime + basiltop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together505 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Coconut + limetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together934 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Coconut + gingertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,168 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Ginger + basiltop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together308 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

Swap the basil

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (coconut, milk, fish sauce, ginger, lime, sugar, chicken):

  1. Corianderfits better
  2. Cardamomfits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Basilthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against coconut, milk, fish sauce, ginger, lime, sugar, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.