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Stir-Fried Rice Noodles with Shrimp and Green Onion Vinaigrette

Fast, easy and delicious, this zesty noodle dish is packed with plump pan fried shrimp and perfect for a weeknight dinner!

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Stir-Fried Rice Noodles with Shrimp and Green Onion Vinaigrette

Why it works: Rice and sesame match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 984 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Stir-Fried Rice Noodles with Shrimp and Green Onion Vinaigrette

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

528Calories
6 gProtein
28 gFat
57 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 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.

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

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

  2. Sesame + oniontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,192 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  3. Sesame + gingertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,531 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Ginger + oniontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,595 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Rice + oniontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,433 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, sesame, sauce, onion, rice wine, vinegar):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Gingerthe original
  3. Corianderfits about as well
  4. Turmericfits less well

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