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Cashew Avocado Chicken Salad

"Try this chicken salad when you really want a treat! This recipe makes sandwiches - but it can be served over lettuce as an alternative."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Cashew Avocado Chicken Salad

Why it works: Dill and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,630 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Cashew Avocado Chicken Salad

6 sandwiches
Prep20 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1251Calories
64 gProtein
58 gFat
121 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Chicken100g cooked165
Cashew1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts)157
Swiss Cheese1 oz (28g)108
Ranch1 tbsp (15g) dressing73
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Salad Dressingnot 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. Dill + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,630 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Dill + avocadotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together60 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Avocado + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,455 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  4. Chicken + swiss cheesetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together209 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  5. Chicken + breadtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,258 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity).

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

Swap the dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, ranch, avocado, pepper, swiss cheese, bread):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Celeryfits better
  3. Corianderfits about as well
  4. Dillthe original

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