Cinnamon + Broccoli
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 215 recipes, and they share 228 flavor molecules: the top 9% of all ingredient pairs.
Do cinnamon and broccoli go together?
Yes. 215 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 228 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 9% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
More than half of broccoli's flavor molecules (228 of 298) also occur in cinnamon. Among the shared key aromas are linalool (floral, citrus) and nonanal (fat, citrus).
What each one brings
cinnamon
The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 12% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 6% for broccoli. It carries 96 molecules broccoli doesn't have.
broccoli
The sulfurous side. Sulfurous notes make up 9% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 2% for cinnamon. It carries 70 molecules cinnamon doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Nutmeg: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with cinnamon, top 10% with broccoli.
- Star anise: top 1% of pairs with cinnamon, top 7% with broccoli.
- Yam: top 1% of pairs with cinnamon, top 1% with broccoli.
- Pomegranate: top 1% of pairs with cinnamon, top 4% with broccoli.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with cinnamon and broccoli
Mostly mains: 33 of the 49 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 (70% of cinnamon's and 77% of broccoli's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 228 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 96 only in cinnamon and the 70 only in broccoli.
Cinnamon and broccoli questions
Do cinnamon and broccoli go together?
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 215 recipes, and they share 228 flavor molecules: the top 9% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do cinnamon and broccoli taste good together?
More than half of broccoli's flavor molecules (228 of 298) also occur in cinnamon. Among the shared key aromas are linalool (floral, citrus) and nonanal (fat, citrus).
What goes with cinnamon and broccoli?
Nutmeg is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with cinnamon and top 10% with broccoli. Star anise and yam also fit both.
What can you make with cinnamon and broccoli?
Mostly mains: 33 of the 49 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Broccoli with Five-Spice Tofu, Chow Chow, Pickled Cauliflower, Algerian Chicken Couscous.
Can I use broccoli instead of cinnamon?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (70% of cinnamon's and 77% of broccoli'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: Cinnamon vs Broccoli. https://compkitchen.com/compare/cinnamon-vs-broccoli. Accessed 2026-11-04.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Cinnamon vs Broccoli},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/cinnamon-vs-broccoli},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.