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Pickled Daikon Radish and Carrot

"I love the pickled daikon radish and carrot that come alongside Vietnamese rice noodle salads, and realized that it's so easy to make at home! These are not only great in rice noodle salads but also in rice paper rolls."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Carrot and radish work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 125 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, which smells clove, smoky. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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

  1. Place the carrot and daikon matchsticks in a clean heatproof bowl or jar.

  2. In a small saucepan, combine the vinegar and sugar with a splash of water. Heat over medium, stirring, until the sugar dissolves, about 3 minutes. Do not let it boil.

  3. Pour the warm pickling liquid over the vegetables and add the chopped Thai chile. Stir to coat.

  4. Let the mixture cool to room temperature, about 15 minutes.

  5. Stir in the chopped cilantro.

  6. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour so the flavors meld. Keep chilled until serving.

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. Carrot + radishtop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together125 recipes

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

  2. Carrot + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,555 recipes

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

  3. Vinegar + radishtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together507 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Vinegar + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together27,805 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Radish + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together381 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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