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Chicken Satay Steaks

"This is very simple to make, varying slightly from typical chicken on skewers served with satay sauce. Absolutely fantastic when used to make sandwiches as well. Serve with a crisp green salad, or in buns, slathered with mayo and mustard, lettuce and tomatoes."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Chicken Satay Steaks

Why it works: Lemon and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,047 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Chicken Satay Steaks

6 servings
Prep20 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

555Calories
42 gProtein
32 gFat
31 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 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 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. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  2. Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Peanut + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together877 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  4. Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

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

  5. Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

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

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

Swap the peanut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lemon, butter, tomato, sugar, sauce, pepper, garlic):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Black-eyed peafits better
  4. Peanutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lemon, butter, tomato, sugar, sauce, pepper, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.