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Oriental Vinaigrette

"This tangy dressing is like a creamy honey-mustard with an Asian twist."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Oriental Vinaigrette

Why it works: Mustard and sesame match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 180 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Oriental Vinaigrette

4 servings
Prep5 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

499Calories
11 gProtein
20 gFat
64 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3

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

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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. Mustard + sesametop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together180 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Vinegar + mustardtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Honey + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,586 recipes

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

  4. Rice wine + sesametop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together244 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

  5. Honey + sesametop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together527 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

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

Swap the mustard

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

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Welsh onionfits better
  3. Cucumberfits about as well
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against honey, rice wine, vinegar, sesame. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.