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Rice Noodle Salad with Grilled Steak

In this rendition of the perennially popular Vietnamese grilled steak salad, flank steak is marinated in a slurry of red curry paste, sesame oil and garlic. Then the meat is grilled, thinly sliced and placed on a bed of delicate butter lettuce, rice noodles and herbs. A refreshing coconut dressing is drizzled on top.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 20 ingredients
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Rice Noodle Salad with Grilled Steak

Why it works: Sesame and rice match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 984 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Rice Noodle Salad with Grilled Steak

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1188Calories
36 gProtein
82 gFat
79 gCarbs

Counts 17 of 18 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 17 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Beef100g cooked250
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Grapeseed Oil1 tbsp (14g)120
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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 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. Sesame + ricetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together984 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  2. Rice + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,063 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Garlic + sesametop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Sesame + coconuttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together194 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  5. Clove + coconuttop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together458 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, garlic, sesame, rice, coconut, vinegar, sugar):

  1. Gingerfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Corianderfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, garlic, sesame, rice, coconut, vinegar, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.