Name: Pork and Century Egg Rice Congee
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 3 h
Yield: 8 cups
Ingredients: 1 cup uncooked short-grain white rice; 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 6 cups water; 1 cube pork bouillon cube; 2 cups char siu (Chinese roast pork), diced; 6 green onions, chopped; 2 cups water; 2 preserved duck eggs (century eggs), peeled and diced

Pork and Century Egg Rice Congee

"This traditional Chinese breakfast rice porridge is filling, cheap, warming, and oh so good. I like my rice well broken down and therefore use a short-grain rice and a longer cooking time. I hope you enjoy! Serve hot in small bowls, garnished with a drop of oyster sauce, chopped scallion greens, and small slices of yau ja gwai (fried chinese bread stick, or chinese crullers)."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients

Why it works: Rice and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 10,433 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Pork and Century Egg Rice Congee

8 cups

Prep20 min

Cook3 hr

Ingredients

1 cup uncooked short-grain white rice
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
6 cups water
1 cube pork bouillon cube
2 cups char siu (Chinese roast pork), diced
6 green onions, chopped
2 cups water
2 preserved duck eggs (century eggs), peeled and diced

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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.

Rice + oniontop 9% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together10,433 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Pork + oniontop 10% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together18,214 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Rice + porktop 11% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together2,137 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).
Rice + eggtop 28% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together8,350 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).
Pork + eggtop 30% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together10,387 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, pork, egg):

Asparagusbetter flavor fit
Potatobetter flavor fit
Capsicumbetter flavor fit
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, pork, egg. 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).

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