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Chicken with Lemon & Courgette Couscous

Add a touch of zest to your midweek meal with this low-fat family supper

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Chicken with Lemon & Courgette Couscous

Why it works: Olive and lemon are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 11,922 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Chicken with Lemon & Courgette Couscous

Serves 4
Prep20 min

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Olive + lemontop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together11,922 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Chicken + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together11,888 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid hexyl ester (sweet, green).

  3. Chicken + lemontop 16% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together5,092 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

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