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Why it works: Seaweed and cucumber work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 46 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, green. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

Contains: soy, sesame (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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By epicurious. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Seaweed + cucumbertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together46 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

  2. Rice + chickentop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,569 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

  3. Rice + sesametop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together643 recipes

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

  4. Rice + cucumbertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together641 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Wakame + sesametop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the cucumber

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, vinegar, sugar, pepper, sauce, wakame, seaweed):

  1. Cucumberthe original
  2. Capsicumabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, vinegar, sugar, pepper, sauce, wakame, seaweed. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).