Name: Fennel Jalapeno Slaw – Vegan!
Prep time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: ¼ whole Small Cabbage, Thinly Sliced (1/4 Of A Head Should Be 2 Cups Or So); 1 whole Bulb Fennel, Cored, And Thinly Sliced, Some Fronds Reserved; 1 whole Jalapeno, Thinly Sliced (remove The Seeds And Ribs If You Don't Like A Ton Of Spice, Or Just Use Half); ½ whole Lime, Juiced; ½ teaspoons Sugar; 1 teaspoon Chili Powder

Why it works: Jalapeno and lime are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,035 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Fennel Jalapeno Slaw – Vegan!

Serves 4

Prep10 min

Ingredients

¼ whole Small Cabbage, Thinly Sliced (1/4 Of A Head Should Be 2 Cups Or So)
1 whole Bulb Fennel, Cored, And Thinly Sliced, Some Fronds Reserved
1 whole Jalapeno, Thinly Sliced (remove The Seeds And Ribs If You Don't Like A Ton Of Spice, Or Just Use Half)
½ whole Lime, Juiced
½ teaspoons Sugar
1 teaspoon Chili Powder

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

150Calories

5 gProtein

1 gFat

35 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Fennel	1/2 bulb (87g)	27
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Seed	not in our table	0

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.

Jalapeno + limetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,035 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Fennel + limetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together117 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Cabbage + limetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together143 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Cabbage + fenneltop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together46 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Cabbage + jalapenotop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together36 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the cabbage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (fennel, jalapeno, lime, sugar):

Sweet potatofits better
Kalefits better
Shallotfits better
Cabbagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against fennel, jalapeno, lime, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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