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Why it works: Shallot and mung bean share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 11 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

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Contains: egg, wheat, peanut, soy, fish, shellfish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Shallot + mung beantop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together11 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Rice + chickentop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,569 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

  3. Garlic + tomatotop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together14,075 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Rice + mung beantop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together43 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  5. Lime + mung beantop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together31 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, chicken, shrimp, garlic, tomato, fish sauce, lime):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Potatobetter flavor fit
  3. Onionbetter flavor fit
  4. Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, chicken, shrimp, garlic, tomato, fish sauce, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).