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The Perfect Simplified Sushi Vinegar

"The perfect simplified version of sushi vinegar!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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The Perfect Simplified Sushi Vinegar

Why it works: Rice and lemon are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,366 recipes. Both carry (e,e)-2,4-decadienal, which smells fatty, deep fried. The science ↓

The Perfect Simplified Sushi Vinegar

2 3/4 cups
Prep5 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

64Calories
0 gProtein
0 gFat
16 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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. Rice + lemontop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,366 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

  2. Vinegar + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,806 recipes

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

  3. Sugar + lemontop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together53,532 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Vinegar + lemontop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,334 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  5. Rice + vinegartop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,604 recipes

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

Sugar and lemon barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 53,532 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, vinegar, sugar):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Cherryfits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Lemonthe original

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