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Basmati Rice Pilaf

"Wonderful flavor and textured rice dish."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Basmati Rice Pilaf

Why it works: Chicken and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,814 recipes. Both carry gamma-nonanolactone, which smells coconut, sweet. The science ↓

Basmati Rice Pilaf

4 servings
Prep10 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

638Calories
37 gProtein
29 gFat
56 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
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. Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  2. Chicken + basmati ricetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together289 recipes

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

  3. Onion + buttertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together42,912 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Chicken + buttertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together13,902 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  5. Onion + basmati ricetop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together676 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the onion

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

  1. Onionthe original
  2. Potatofits about as well
  3. Tomatofits less well
  4. Capsicumfits less well

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