Shiitake + Wild rice
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 6 recipes, and they share 203 flavor molecules: the top 1% of all ingredient pairs.
Do shiitake and wild rice go together?
Yes. 6 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 203 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 1% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything wild rice carries, shiitake has too: 203 of wild rice's 209 flavor molecules also occur in shiitake. Among the shared key aromas are coumarin (sweet, hay) and 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).
What each one brings
shiitake
The sulfurous side. Sulfurous notes make up 6% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 4% for wild rice. It carries 32 molecules wild rice doesn't have.
wild rice
Much the same character. It carries 6 molecules shiitake doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Chanterelle: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with shiitake, top 1% with wild rice.
- Water chestnut: top 1% of pairs with shiitake, top 1% with wild rice.
- Welsh onion: top 1% of pairs with shiitake, top 1% with wild rice.
- Chestnut: top 1% of pairs with shiitake, top 1% with wild rice.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with shiitake and wild rice
Almost always mains: 1 of the 1 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (86% of shiitake's and 97% of wild rice's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 203 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 32 only in shiitake and the 6 only in wild rice.
Shiitake and wild rice questions
Do shiitake and wild rice go together?
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 6 recipes, and they share 203 flavor molecules: the top 1% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do shiitake and wild rice taste good together?
Almost everything wild rice carries, shiitake has too: 203 of wild rice's 209 flavor molecules also occur in shiitake. Among the shared key aromas are coumarin (sweet, hay) and 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).
What goes with shiitake and wild rice?
Chanterelle is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with shiitake and top 1% with wild rice. Water chestnut and welsh onion also fit both.
What can you make with shiitake and wild rice?
Almost always mains: 1 of the 1 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Baked Stuffed Shiitake Mushroom.
Can I use wild rice instead of shiitake?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (86% of shiitake's and 97% of wild rice's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
Compare other ingredients
Ranks compare this pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. Molecule counts are what the studies and databases we aggregate have reported for each ingredient: a measure of coverage, not a full census. How we score pairs
Cite this analysis
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Shiitake vs Wild Rice. https://compkitchen.com/compare/shiitake-vs-wild-rice. Accessed 2026-11-05.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Shiitake vs Wild Rice},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/shiitake-vs-wild-rice},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.