Name: Crispy Shallots
Yield: Serves 6 to 8 as a garnish
Ingredients: 2 cups canola oil; 1 cup all-purpose flour; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 6 large shallots, sliced into thin rings

Why it works: Flour and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,081 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Crispy Shallots

Serves 6 to 8 as a garnish

Ingredients

2 cups canola oil
1 cup all-purpose flour
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
6 large shallots, sliced into thin rings

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

624Calories

14 gProtein

15 gFat

106 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 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.

By epicurious. 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.

Flour + shallottop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,081 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Canola oil + shallottop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together65 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Pepper + shallottop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,898 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Canola oil + peppertop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,125 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Flour + peppertop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together50,459 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (canola oil, flour, pepper):

Shallotthe original
Spinachfits about as well
Capsicumfits about as well
Mustardfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against canola oil, flour, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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