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Chickpea and Edamame Salad

"A sweet and tangy combination of protein-filled beans and flavorful veggies. This salad tastes better when left refrigerated overnight or longer but can be eaten immediately."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Chickpea and Edamame Salad

Why it works: Chickpea and sunflower share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 56 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Chickpea and Edamame Salad

8 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

859Calories
35 gProtein
41 gFat
97 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sunflower Seed1 oz (28g) hulled165
Chickpea1/2 cup canned (120g) drained134
Edamame1/2 cup (78g) shelled120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Red Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Soybeannot 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. Chickpea + sunflowertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together56 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Chickpea + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,015 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl butyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Carrot + sunflowertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together279 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Chickpea + carrottop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together180 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Sunflower + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together698 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 soybean

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chickpea, onion, pepper, carrot, sunflower, olive, honey):

  1. Cashew nutfits better
  2. Sesamefits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Soybeanthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chickpea, onion, pepper, carrot, sunflower, olive, honey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.