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Chicken in Peanut Sauce

"Tender, buttery chicken breasts in smooth peanut sauce. Serve with a side dish of rice."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Chicken in Peanut Sauce

Why it works: Orange and ginger match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,833 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Chicken in Peanut Sauce

4 servings
Prep10 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

620Calories
42 gProtein
32 gFat
46 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Orange Juice1 medium (131g)62
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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. Orange + gingertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,833 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  2. Peanut + gingertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together524 recipes

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

  3. Peanut + chickentop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together541 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  4. Tomato + chickentop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,031 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Tomato + orangetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together689 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, peanut, butter, sauce, honey, ginger, chicken):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Mangofits better
  3. Limefits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, peanut, butter, sauce, honey, ginger, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.