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Teriyaki Marinade with Ginger and Garlic

"This simple sauce is perfect for grilling, and works equally well with chicken or beef. Feel free to use less garlic if you're not a big garlic fan."

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Teriyaki Marinade with Ginger and Garlic

Why it works: Ginger and clove match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,038 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Teriyaki Marinade with Ginger and Garlic

10 servings
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

115Calories
2 gProtein
0 gFat
22 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2

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. Ginger + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,038 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Red wine + white winetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together97 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Ginger + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,402 recipes

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

  4. Red wine + clovetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together849 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  5. Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, red wine, vinegar, white wine, honey, ginger, clove):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Rosemaryfits better
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, red wine, vinegar, white wine, honey, ginger, clove. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.