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Row Jin Wo-Jiuh - Spicy Lettuce Rolls

"A brilliantly different starter or snack. Made from minced beef, lamb, pork or turkey served rolled in a large lettuce leaf."

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Row Jin Wo-Jiuh - Spicy Lettuce Rolls

Why it works: Pepper and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 16,012 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Row Jin Wo-Jiuh - Spicy Lettuce Rolls

4 lettuce rolls
Prep20 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

647Calories
34 gProtein
47 gFat
24 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Iceberg Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Coriandernot 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.

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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. Pepper + celerytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + coriandertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,949 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  3. Celery + coriandertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together569 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  4. Onion + beeftop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,092 recipes

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

  5. Pine + coriandertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together101 recipes

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

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

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, pepper, onion, celery, pine, coriander, beef):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Sesamefits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, pepper, onion, celery, pine, coriander, beef. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.