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20-Minute Udon Noodle Pho Bowls

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Why it works: Lime and sambal work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 41 recipes mention both. Both carry trans-2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

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Contains: wheat, 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. Lime + sambaltop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together41 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

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

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

  3. Lime + jalapenotop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together1,035 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Pepper + beeftop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together18,971 recipes

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

  5. Sesame + beeftop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together392 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

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