Name: Fried Rice
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons canola oil; 2 eggs, beaten; 1 bunch scallions, roughly chopped; 1 cup leftover pork, chicken, or beef, diced; 1 cup frozen peas and carrots, thawed (plus any leftover vegetables you have on hand); 4 cups cold cooked white or brown rice; 4 tablespoons soy sauce; Salt and pepper to taste

Why it works: Carrot and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,555 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Fried Rice

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

3 tablespoons canola oil
2 eggs, beaten
1 bunch scallions, roughly chopped
1 cup leftover pork, chicken, or beef, diced
1 cup frozen peas and carrots, thawed (plus any leftover vegetables you have on hand)
4 cups cold cooked white or brown rice
4 tablespoons soy sauce
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1326Calories

102 gProtein

66 gFat

75 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 13 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Pork	100g cooked	242
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Pea	1/2 cup (72g)	62
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

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

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Carrot + peppertop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together14,555 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Carrot + ricetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,477 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Peas + carrottop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,994 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Peas + ricetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,434 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Pork + ricetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,137 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

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (canola oil, egg, pork, carrot, rice, sauce, pepper):

Sesamefits better
Beansfits better
Peanutfits better
Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against canola oil, egg, pork, carrot, rice, sauce, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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