Why it works: Spinach and pork are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,009 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓
The recipe
50 dumplingsIngredients
Contains: wheat, soy, sesame (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
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The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Spinach + porktop 8% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together1,009 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
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Spinach + sesametop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together203 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
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Spinach + garlictop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together2,433 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-hexanol (resin, flower).
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Ginger + sesametop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together1,531 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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Ginger + garlictop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together6,402 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the cabbage
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (spinach, pork, ginger, garlic, sauce, rice wine, sesame):
- Welsh onionbetter flavor fit
- Broccolibetter flavor fit
- Onionbetter flavor fit
- Cabbagethe original
Fit is the average pairing score against spinach, pork, ginger, garlic, sauce, rice wine, sesame. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).
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