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Duck and Leek Hotpot Recipe

A warming Japanese hotpot, flavoured with sake, mirin, shoyu, pencil-thin leeks and sesame oil.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Sesame and sake work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 79 recipes. Both carry 2-furfurylthiol, which smells coffee, roasted. The science ↓

Duck and Leek Hotpot Recipe

4 people
Prep25 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

540Calories
20 gProtein
42 gFat
12 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Duck100g cooked with skin337
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Sake1 oz (30ml)39

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By lovefood. 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.

  1. Sesame + saketop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together79 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  2. Sesame + leektop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together0 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

  3. Leek + saketop 54% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together0 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

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

Swap the leek

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sesame, sake):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Leekthe original

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