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Sweet and Sour Spinach Jicama Salad

"Really refreshing salad."

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Sweet and Sour Spinach Jicama Salad

Why it works: Spinach and sesame match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 203 recipes. Both carry 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, which smells clove, smoky. The science ↓

Sweet and Sour Spinach Jicama Salad

8 servings
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

625Calories
10 gProtein
50 gFat
39 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Jicama1 cup (120g)46
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 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.

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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. Spinach + sesametop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together203 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  2. Jicama + sesametop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together13 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Mustard + spinachtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together503 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  4. Onion + sesametop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,192 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  5. Mustard + jicamatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, olive, vinegar, mustard, spinach, jicama, sesame):

  1. Lettucefits better
  2. Welsh onionfits better
  3. Broccolifits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, olive, vinegar, mustard, spinach, jicama, sesame. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.