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Buffalo Chicken Salad

"An awesome chicken salad without mayo! I serve it in a toasted hoagie roll with melted cheddar or jack cheese."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Buffalo Chicken Salad

Why it works: Celery and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 16,012 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Buffalo Chicken Salad

4 servings
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

294Calories
33 gProtein
12 gFat
13 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Ranch1 tbsp (15g) dressing73
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Buffalonot in our table0
Saucenot 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. Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

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

  2. Celery + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

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

  4. Chicken + buffalotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together71 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Buffalo + oniontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together91 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, ranch, buffalo, celery, pepper):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, ranch, buffalo, celery, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.