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Nasi Goreng with Smoked Mackerel Recipe

Malaysian fried rice with smoked mackerel from Tim Anderson

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Shallot and oyster mushroom share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Nasi Goreng with Smoked Mackerel Recipe

2 people
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

484Calories
15 gProtein
20 gFat
64 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Oyster Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Kaffir Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Sambalnot in our table0
Mackerelnot in our table0

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. Shallot + oyster mushroomtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Garlic + oyster mushroomtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together43 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Shallot + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,677 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Shallot + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together258 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the sambal

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, shallot, lime, clove, garlic, oyster mushroom, egg):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Sambalthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, shallot, lime, clove, garlic, oyster mushroom, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.