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Vietnamese Beef Salad

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Vietnamese Beef Salad

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 ↓

Vietnamese Beef Salad

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

795Calories
33 gProtein
41 gFat
73 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 16 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Lemongrass1 tbsp (6g)5
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Roasted Peanutnot in our table0
Peppermintnot in our table0
Saucenot 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. Garlic + sesametop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Lime + sesametop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together431 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Clove + limetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together909 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Garlic + limetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,411 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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 (garlic, sugar, lime, fish sauce, sesame, rice, butter):

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

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