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Asian Lettuce Wraps W Hoisin-Peanut Sauce

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Why it works: Gochujang and garlic work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 42 recipes mention both. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

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Contains: peanut, 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. Gochujang + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together42 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,491 recipes

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

  3. Peanut + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together877 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  4. Peanut + limetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together458 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Lime + lettucetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned 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):

  1. Coconutabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Lemonabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Limethe original
  4. 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).