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Tangerine Beef & Snow Peas

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Tangerine Beef & Snow Peas

Why it works: Sesame and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,000 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Tangerine Beef & Snow Peas

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1391Calories
53 gProtein
45 gFat
186 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Peanut Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Tangerinenot 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.

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. Sesame + garlictop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Sesame + corntop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together151 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Garlic + clovetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Beef + sesametop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together392 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  5. Rice wine + sesametop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together244 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

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

Swap the tangerine

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, sauce, rice wine, sesame, corn, garlic, clove):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Tangerinethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, sauce, rice wine, sesame, corn, garlic, clove. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.