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Toronto Pad Thai

"Taken from a local chef in Toronto. You can get preserved tamarinds at a Chinese supermarket for a buck."

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Toronto Pad Thai

Why it works: Ketchup and sauce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,099 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Toronto Pad Thai

6 servings
Prep25 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

787Calories
30 gProtein
39 gFat
86 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 16 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tofu100g firm76
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Tamarindnot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Sambalnot in our table0
Beannot 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. Ketchup + saucetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,099 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Tamarind + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together133 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Rice + tamarindtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together136 recipes

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

  4. Ketchup + sugartop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together260 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Rice + limetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,014 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the sambal

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, tamarind, ketchup, lime, sauce, sugar, tofu):

  1. Turmericfits better
  2. Gingerfits better
  3. Cinnamonfits better
  4. Sambalthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, tamarind, ketchup, lime, sauce, sugar, tofu. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.