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Almond Wild Rice

"Made with both brown rice and wild rice, this pilaf has a hint of fruity sweetness, thanks to the addition of dried cranberries."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Almond Wild Rice

Why it works: Wild rice and almond share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 32 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Almond Wild Rice

10 servings
Prep10 min
Cook1 hr 15 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

509Calories
39 gProtein
17 gFat
53 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Wild Rice1 cup cooked (164g)166
Chicken100g cooked165
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Wild rice + almondtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together32 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

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

  3. Wild rice + parsleytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together69 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Chicken + wild ricetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together175 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

  5. Butter + almondtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,245 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

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

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, wild rice, butter, parsley, pepper):

  1. Black-eyed peafits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Lentilsfits better
  4. Almondthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, wild rice, butter, parsley, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.