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Japanese-Style Flatiron Steak

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Japanese-Style Flatiron Steak

Why it works: Wasabi and chive share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Japanese-Style Flatiron Steak

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

617Calories
28 gProtein
40 gFat
20 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Molasses1 tbsp (20g)58
Sake1 oz (30ml)39
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Wasabinot 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.

Explore the science

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. Wasabi + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Wasabi + ricetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together67 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Chive + ricetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together241 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Sake + vinegartop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together51 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  5. Butter + saucetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together15,338 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Butter and sauce barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 15,338 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 wasabi

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, chive, sake, sauce, rice, vinegar, molasses):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Welsh onionfits better
  3. Mustardfits better
  4. Wasabithe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, chive, sake, sauce, rice, vinegar, molasses. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.