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Oriental Sesame Slaw

"This terrific combination of cabbage, carrot, and jicama is mixed with a deliciously different dressing!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Sesame and rice match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 643 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, which smells clove, smoky. The science ↓

The recipe

8 servings
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, sesame (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Shred the cabbage finely, then grate the carrot and jicama. Combine all three in a large bowl.

  2. Whisk the mayonnaise, rice vinegar, sesame oil and honey in a small bowl until smooth and evenly blended.

  3. Pour the dressing over the vegetables and toss well until every piece is evenly coated.

  4. Toast the black sesame seeds in a dry skillet over medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes, shaking often, until fragrant. Let cool.

  5. Refrigerate the slaw for about 15 minutes so the flavors blend.

  6. Sprinkle the toasted sesame seeds over the slaw, toss lightly, and serve chilled.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Sesame + ricetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together643 recipes

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

  2. Carrot + ricetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,351 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Cabbage + carrottop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,505 recipes

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

  4. Vinegar + honeytop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,583 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Jicama + sesametop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together13 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the jicama

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cabbage, carrot, sesame, rice, vinegar, honey):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Broccolibetter flavor fit
  3. Cucumberbetter flavor fit
  4. Jicamathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cabbage, carrot, sesame, rice, vinegar, honey. 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).