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Spy Thai Beef

"Ground beef seasoned with lime juice, ginger, and peanut butter is served atop crunchy baked wonton triangles with plenty of colorful vegetable topping options in this Thai-inspired dish."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Spy Thai Beef

Why it works: Lime and ginger match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,621 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Spy Thai Beef

4 servings
Prep25 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1012Calories
60 gProtein
61 gFat
64 gCarbs

Counts 17 of 20 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 17 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Sunflower Seed1 oz (28g) hulled165
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Edamame1/2 cup (78g) shelled120
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Green Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Waternot in our table0
Wonton Wrappernot in our table0
Toppingnot 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 allrecipes. 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. Lime + gingertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,621 recipes

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

  2. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

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

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

  4. Peanut + limetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together458 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Garlic + gingertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,402 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 peanut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, sauce, lime, garlic, ginger, pepper, wonton wrapper):

  1. Sesamefits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Cashew nutfits about as well
  4. Peanutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, sauce, lime, garlic, ginger, pepper, wonton wrapper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.