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Why it works: Onion and sambal work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 78 recipes mention both. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Onion + sambaltop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together78 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Celery + carrottop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together10,172 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  3. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Ginger + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,621 recipes

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

  5. Ginger + carrottop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,377 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, onion, celery, ginger, garlic, tomato, sauce):

  1. Avocadoabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Limethe original
  3. Lemonabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, onion, celery, ginger, garlic, tomato, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).