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Scallion Pancakes with Garlic Soy Dipping Sauce

We love bringing a bit of Chinatown to our kitchen. These scallion pancakes make an awesome appetizer. Serve them with our easy dipping sauce, which takes a minute to throw together.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Scallion Pancakes with Garlic Soy Dipping Sauce

Why it works: Flour and sesame are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,057 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Scallion Pancakes with Garlic Soy Dipping Sauce

Serves 4
Prep40 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

686Calories
15 gProtein
15 gFat
120 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 12 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pancakenot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Toasted Sesame Seednot 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 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. Flour + sesametop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Sesame + vinegartop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,133 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hydroxy-3-butanone (caramel-like, roast).

  3. Sesame + clovetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together353 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  4. Sauce + sugartop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,147 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Flour + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together92,116 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

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 (flour, sesame, sauce, vinegar, sugar):

  1. Jalapenofits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Gingerfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, sesame, sauce, vinegar, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.