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Broccoli Slaw

This easy broccoli salad will be a star at your next potluck or family dinner.

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Broccoli Slaw

Why it works: Pistachio and nuts match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 425 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Broccoli Slaw

12 servings
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

282Calories
10 gProtein
14 gFat
36 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pistachio1 oz (28g / ~49 kernels)159
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
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.

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. Pistachio + nutstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together425 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Broccoli + pistachiotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Broccoli + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

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

  4. Pistachio + peppertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together251 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Broccoli + nutstop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (broccoli, pistachio, pepper):

  1. Cashew nutfits better
  2. Chickpeafits better
  3. Almondfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against broccoli, pistachio, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.