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Stir Fry Vermicelli Pasta

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Why it works: Pasta and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,079 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

Stir Fry Vermicelli Pasta

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1476Calories
120 gProtein
68 gFat
91 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 18 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sausage100g cooked301
Pork100g cooked242
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Salmon100g cooked208
Chicken100g cooked165
Oyster6 medium (84g)81
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Olive1 large (4g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Saucenot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Beannot in our table0
Cakenot in our table0
Coriandernot 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.

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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. Pasta + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,079 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Garlic + chickentop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

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

  3. Pasta + clovetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together253 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Pasta + chickentop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,024 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pasta, garlic, sauce, oyster, sugar, chicken, salami):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Oreganofits better
  3. Basilfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pasta, garlic, sauce, oyster, sugar, chicken, salami. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.