Name: Tandoori-Style Roast Chicken
Ingredients: 1 cup plain nonfat or low-fat yogurt; 2 1/2 teaspoons; or other seasoning salt; One 3 1/2- to 4-pound chicken; 1 pound baby Yukon gold or fingerling potatoes; Fresh flat-leaf parsley or watercress sprigs for garnish

Why it works: Potato and parsley are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,855 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Tandoori-Style Roast Chicken

Ingredients

1 cup plain nonfat or low-fat yogurt
2 1/2 teaspoons
or other seasoning salt
One 3 1/2- to 4-pound chicken
1 pound baby Yukon gold or fingerling potatoes
Fresh flat-leaf parsley or watercress sprigs for garnish

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

431Calories

53 gProtein

4 gFat

44 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Watercress	1 cup (34g)	4
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 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 epicurious. 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.

Potato + parsleytop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,855 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Chicken + potatotop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,756 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).
Yogurt + potatotop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together984 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Yogurt + chickentop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,661 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Chicken + parsleytop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,314 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (yogurt, chicken, potato):

Garlicfits better
Dillfits better
Corianderfits better
Parsleythe original

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

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