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Crispy Honey Buffalo Wings with Blue Cheese & Celery Slaw

Crispy Southern fried chicken is often served with blue cheese dressing and celery - the coleslaw turns this party favourite into a proper supper

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 18 ingredients
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Why it works: Blue cheese and honey share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 49 recipes mention both. Both carry methyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells apple, fatty. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4 - 6
Prep20 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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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. Blue cheese + honeytop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together49 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  2. Celery + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together16,001 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Butter + white winetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,039 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Butter + blue cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together226 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  5. White wine + blue cheesetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together20 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

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