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Cellophane Noodles with Shrimp and Garlic

Heads of pickled garlic, available at Southeast Asian markets, need no peeling and add a pleasantly sweet-sour flavor to offset the sweetness of the shrimp. If you cannot find pickled garlic, substitute 4 chopped garlic cloves and increase the fish sauce or lime juice by 1 to 2 Tbs.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Cellophane Noodles with Shrimp and Garlic

Why it works: Garlic and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,076 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Cellophane Noodles with Shrimp and Garlic

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

775Calories
63 gProtein
43 gFat
42 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Shrimp100g cooked99
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Sweet Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Beannot 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. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Peanut + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together877 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  4. Grape + tomatotop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,002 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Peanut + shallottop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together53 recipes

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

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

Swap the grape

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shrimp, peanut, shallot, garlic, pork, tomato, fish sauce):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against shrimp, peanut, shallot, garlic, pork, tomato, fish sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.