Name: Chicken, Potato & Green Bean Curry
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 tbsp sunflower oil; 1 onion , chopped; 6 chicken thigh fillets, cubed; 2 potatoes , cut into small cubes; 2 tbsp mild curry paste; 500g tomato passata (or whizz up a 400g can plum tomatoes with 100ml water until smooth); 200g fine green beans; 150g pot natural yogurt (use full-fat to avoid curdling); plain rice or naan bread , to serve

Why it works: Onion and potato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Chicken, Potato & Green Bean Curry

Serves 4

Prep10 min

Cook30 min

Ingredients

1 tbsp sunflower oil
1 onion , chopped
6 chicken thigh fillets, cubed
2 potatoes , cut into small cubes
2 tbsp mild curry paste
500g tomato passata (or whizz up a 400g can plum tomatoes with 100ml water until smooth)
200g fine green beans
150g pot natural yogurt (use full-fat to avoid curdling)
plain rice or naan bread , to serve

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1476Calories

82 gProtein

12 gFat

257 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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Naan	1 piece (90g)	262
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Plum	1 medium (66g)	30
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Sunflower Oil	not in our table	0
Water	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.

Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Potato + green beanstop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Chicken + ricetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,769 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).
Tomato + green beanstop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together113 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Potato + tomatotop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,798 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sunflower, onion, chicken, potato, tomato, yogurt, rice):

Capsicumfits better
Chivefits better
Carrotfits better
Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sunflower, onion, chicken, potato, tomato, yogurt, rice. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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