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Pork and Shrimp Pancit

"A traditional Pancit taught to me by a Filipino friend while stationed overseas. Delicious and easy!"

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Why it works: Shrimp and pork match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 686 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, green. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

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

Also mentioned in the method: noodles

Directions

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

  1. Cook the rice noodles in a pan of boiling water until just tender, about 3 minutes. Drain well and toss with 1 tablespoon of the vegetable oil so they do not stick.

  2. Heat 2 tablespoons of the vegetable oil in a large wok or skillet over medium-high heat. Add the minced onion and cook for 3 minutes until softened.

  3. Add the garlic and ground ginger and stir for 30 seconds until fragrant.

  4. Add the diced shrimp and chopped pork and stir-fry for 3 minutes until heated through.

  5. Add the shredded bok choy and cook for 2 minutes, stirring, until it is wilted.

  6. Stir in the chicken broth, oyster sauce and crushed red pepper flakes and let the liquid simmer for 1 minute.

  7. Add the drained noodles and toss for 2 minutes until they are evenly coated and hot.

  8. Drizzle the remaining 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil over the pancit, toss once more, then top with the minced green onion and serve hot.

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. Shrimp + porktop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together686 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Garlic + gingertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together6,402 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Shrimp + oystertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together511 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

  5. Onion + porktop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together18,199 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, onion, garlic, shrimp, pork, oyster, sauce):

  1. Gingerthe original
  2. Celeryabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, onion, garlic, shrimp, pork, oyster, sauce. 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).