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Cold Soba Noodles with Green Onions and Baby Vegetables

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Cold Soba Noodles with Green Onions and Baby Vegetables

Why it works: Corn and carrot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 794 recipes. Both carry (e)-2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Cold Soba Noodles with Green Onions and Baby Vegetables

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

259Calories
6 gProtein
1 gFat
52 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Sake1 oz (30ml)39
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9

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

By williamssonoma. 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. Corn + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together794 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  2. Carrot + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together21,601 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Corn + oniontop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,205 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexanal (green, grassy).

  4. Sauce + sugartop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,147 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Sauce + oniontop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together10,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Sauce and onion barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 10,474 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (corn, carrot, sauce, sake, sugar):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Welsh onionfits better
  4. Onionthe original

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