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Broccoli Mango Salad

"The unique flavors of this salad blend to make a tasty dish. This salad is always a hit! We usually make it with light or fat-free ranch to keep it lower in fat."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Broccoli Mango Salad

Why it works: Horseradish and broccoli share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 86 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Broccoli Mango Salad

8 servings
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

552Calories
14 gProtein
22 gFat
85 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cashew1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts)157
Mango1 cup diced (165g)99
Ranch1 tbsp (15g) dressing73
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Mandarin Orange1 medium (131g)62
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Horseradishnot in our table0

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

By allrecipes. 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.

  1. Horseradish + broccolitop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together86 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Orange + mandarin orangetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together87 recipes

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

  3. Orange + mangotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together212 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Broccoli + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Horseradish + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,784 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the mandarin orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ranch, orange, horseradish, broccoli, mango, onion):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Mandarin orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against ranch, orange, horseradish, broccoli, mango, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.