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Chicken Salad

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By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Chicken Salad

Why it works: Olive and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,948 recipes. Both carry methyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells apple, fatty. The science ↓

Chicken Salad

Serves 4

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

321Calories
34 gProtein
18 gFat
6 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Asparagus6 spears (90g)27
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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. Olive + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,948 recipes

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

  2. Thyme + mustardtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together913 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Asparagus + mustardtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together213 recipes

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

  4. Asparagus + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,096 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  5. Vinegar + mustardtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the asparagus

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, thyme, vinegar, mustard, chicken):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Lettucefits better
  3. Broccolifits better
  4. Asparagusthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, thyme, vinegar, mustard, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.