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Cold Sesame Noodles with Summer Vegetables

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Rice and sesame 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

Makes 4 to 6 servings

Ingredients

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

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By epicurious. 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. Rice + sesametop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together643 recipes

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

  2. Radish + cucumbertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together212 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Rice + cucumbertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together641 recipes

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

  4. Sesame + cucumbertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together364 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Sesame + radishtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together49 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the sriracha

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, vinegar, sauce, sesame, carrot, radish, cucumber):

  1. Gingerbetter flavor fit
  2. Corianderbetter flavor fit
  3. Celerybetter flavor fit
  4. Srirachathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, vinegar, sauce, sesame, carrot, radish, cucumber. 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).