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Kiddie Kimbap Recipe

Kimbap (keem-BAP) is a traditional Korean rice roll much like the ones you find at sushi restaurants. However here all the ingredients are cooked. Traditionally...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Sesame and spinach match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 203 recipes. Both carry 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, which smells clove, smoky. The science ↓

Kiddie Kimbap Recipe

2 rolls, 6 pcs each

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1242Calories
92 gProtein
64 gFat
70 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Salmon100g cooked208
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Tofu100g firm76
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Daikonnot in our table0
Cakenot 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 chow. 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. Sesame + spinachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together203 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  2. Sesame + cucumbertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together364 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  3. Spinach + cucumbertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together355 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  4. Rice + sesametop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together984 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Beef + chickentop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,148 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

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

Swap the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, sesame, sugar, spinach, cucumber, beef, chicken):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Lettucefits better
  3. Asparagusfits better
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, sesame, sugar, spinach, cucumber, beef, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.