Why it works: Canola oil and sriracha work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and 34 recipes mention both. Both carry trans-2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓
The recipe
Ingredients
Contains: peanut, soy, sesame (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
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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.
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Canola oil + srirachatop 10% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together34 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
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Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together3,491 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Lime + srirachatop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together112 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
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Peanut + limetop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together458 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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Lime + lettucetop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together408 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
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 (sugar, pepper, sauce, canola oil, shallot, peanut, butter):
- Coconutabout as good a flavor fit
- Lemonabout as good a flavor fit
- Limethe original
- Avocadoabout as good a flavor fit
Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, pepper, sauce, canola oil, shallot, peanut, butter. 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).
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