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Chayote Squash Side Dish

"A simple and elegant, EASY side dish made from an exotic, but inexpensive squash. Paired with chicken or fish, it rounds out a weeknight supper."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Garlic and chayote work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 31 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

2 cups
Prep15 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Peel the chayote squash, halve it, remove the flat pinwheel-shaped seed, and cut the flesh into 1/2-inch strips.

  2. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat until shimmering.

  3. Add the minced garlic and red pepper flakes, if using, and cook, stirring, for about 30 seconds until fragrant.

  4. Add the chayote strips, salt, and black pepper to taste. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 6 to 7 minutes until tender-crisp.

  5. Sprinkle in the white sugar and stir to combine.

  6. Remove the skillet from the heat, drizzle with the red wine vinegar, toss well, and serve warm.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Garlic + chayotetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together31 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Red wine + vinegartop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together569 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  4. Olive + vinegartop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,843 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  5. Garlic + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together27,044 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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