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Rice Dressing

"This dressing has a touch of tradition with a bit of Asian flair. My family is allergic to wheat but I wanted to continue with the traditional dressing idea. I then came up with the following which is my family's favorite now."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Rice Dressing

Why it works: Celery and sage match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 723 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Rice Dressing

15 servings
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

680Calories
66 gProtein
19 gFat
59 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Sage1 tsp ground (0.7g)2
Beannot in our table0
Water Chestnutnot in our table0

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

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

  1. Celery + sagetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together723 recipes

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

  2. Onion + water chestnuttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together205 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Celery + water chestnuttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together78 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Onion + celerytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Rice + celerytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,169 recipes

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

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

Swap the water chestnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (turkey, onion, rice, celery, mushroom, sage):

  1. Lemonfits about as well
  2. Water chestnutthe original
  3. Limefits about as well
  4. Avocadofits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against turkey, onion, rice, celery, mushroom, sage. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.