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Not Red Spaghetti Sauce

"A lovely sausage and vegetable topping to serve over your spaghetti for a change of pace. Add pimento for a dash of color."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Not Red Spaghetti Sauce

Why it works: Mushroom and chicken are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,172 recipes. Both carry 1-butyl acetate, which smells fruity, banana. The science ↓

Not Red Spaghetti Sauce

6 servings
Prep20 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

609Calories
62 gProtein
30 gFat
17 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Chicken100g cooked165
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Green Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15

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

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Mushroom + chickentop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,172 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).

  2. Mushroom + sherrytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,176 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol (smoky, clove).

  3. Mushroom + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  4. Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  5. Mushroom + oniontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,626 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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 (mushroom, butter, chicken, sherry):

  1. Capsicumfits about as well
  2. Potatofits about as well
  3. Tomatofits about as well
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mushroom, butter, chicken, sherry. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.