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Thai-style Cucumber Salad

"This is a great side dish for any kind of grilled and glazed meat. It is also perfect as an entree for a light dinner."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Thai-style Cucumber Salad

Why it works: Peanut and sesame match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 349 recipes. Both carry 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

Thai-style Cucumber Salad

2 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

369Calories
9 gProtein
28 gFat
24 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Tamarindnot 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. Peanut + sesametop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together349 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  2. Tamarind + peanuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together60 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Rice + sesametop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together984 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Peanut + ricetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together670 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  5. Tamarind + sesametop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together28 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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