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Why it works: Egg and brussels sprouts share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and 4 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

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Contains: egg, soy, sesame (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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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. Egg + brussels sproutstop 15% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + carrottop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,555 recipes

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

  3. Sesame + cucumbertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together364 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Sriracha + sesametop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together111 recipes

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

  5. Sriracha + brussels sproutstop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1 recipe

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the brussels sprouts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, sriracha, sauce, sesame, pepper, carrot, cucumber):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Spinachbetter flavor fit
  3. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  4. Brussels sproutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, sriracha, sauce, sesame, pepper, carrot, cucumber. 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).