Skip to main content
Noodle

Pad Thai

From Foodista · 17 ingredients
Jump to recipe ↓

Why it works: Lime and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,536 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Pad Thai

Ingredients

Directions

Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe. See the full recipe at the source →

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

821Calories
75 gProtein
24 gFat
78 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 14 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Shrimp100g cooked99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Olive1 large (4g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Beannot in our table0
Coriandernot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0
Tamarindnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from Foodista.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Lime + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,536 recipes

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

  2. Peanut + ricetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together670 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  3. Coriander + peanuttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together528 recipes

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

  4. Chicken + ricetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,769 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

  5. Lime + peanuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together458 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lime, coriander, peanut, egg, chicken, shrimp, rice):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Welsh onionfits better
  3. Asparagusfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lime, coriander, peanut, egg, chicken, shrimp, rice. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.