Name: Island Fried Rice
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 can Spam, 12 Ounce Can, Cubed; 3 Tablespoons Olive Oil; 1 whole Large Onion, Chopped; 3 cloves Salt And Pepper, to taste; 1-½ cup Garlic, Chopped; 6 cups Frozen Vegetable Medley; 8 whole Cooked Rice (day Old Preferred)

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Island Fried Rice

Serves 8

Prep10 min

Cook20 min

Ingredients

1 can Spam, 12 Ounce Can, Cubed
3 Tablespoons Olive Oil
1 whole Large Onion, Chopped
3 cloves Salt And Pepper, to taste
1-½ cup Garlic, Chopped
6 cups Frozen Vegetable Medley
8 whole Cooked Rice (day Old Preferred)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

506Calories

6 gProtein

28 gFat

59 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together17,451 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Olive + ricetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,994 recipes

Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,090 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 clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, onion, pepper, garlic, rice):

Cuminfits better
Thymefits better
Turmericfits better
Clovethe original

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

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