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Black Rice Salad with Spicy Dressing

This healthy salad of black rice with spicy honey balsamic dressing is a perfect light brunch or light dinner. Loaded with fiber and healthy stuff, you can eat a lot of this and not feel guilty.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Black Rice Salad with Spicy Dressing

Why it works: Basil and pine match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 332 recipes. Both carry 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

Black Rice Salad with Spicy Dressing

Serves 2
Prep10 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

849Calories
20 gProtein
41 gFat
108 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Sriracha1 tsp (5g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. 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. Basil + pinetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together332 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  2. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Olive + basiltop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,063 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  4. Garlic + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,805 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Pepper + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

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 (olive, corn, garlic, pepper, rice, basil, pine):

  1. Oreganofits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Rosemaryfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, corn, garlic, pepper, rice, basil, pine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.