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Chinese Broccoli with Garlicky Ginger Miso

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Why it works: Broccoli and ginger work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 652 recipes mention both. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep5 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Contains: soy, sesame (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Trim the tough ends from the Chinese broccoli, then cut the stalks into 2-inch pieces, keeping the leaves and florets whole.

  2. Bring a pan of boiling water to a boil, add the broccoli and blanch for 1 minute, then drain well.

  3. Heat the cooking oil in a wok or large skillet over medium-high heat.

  4. Add the grated ginger, minced garlic and minced hot chile pepper, and stir-fry for 30 seconds until fragrant.

  5. Add the drained broccoli and stir-fry over high heat for 2 minutes until tender-crisp.

  6. In a small bowl, stir the miso paste (or Miso & Easy) with the water until smooth, then stir in the soy sauce.

  7. Pour the miso mixture over the broccoli and toss for 1 minute until coated and heated through.

  8. Remove from the heat, drizzle with the roasted sesame oil, toss once more and serve hot.

By steamykitchen. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Broccoli + gingertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together652 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Miso + sesametop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together121 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  3. Broccoli + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,072 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Broccoli + sesametop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together372 recipes

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

  5. Ginger + sesametop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,531 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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