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Pickled Red Cabbage

Beautiful and delicious. Goes well with fish tacos and hot dogs.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Pickled Red Cabbage

Why it works: Rice and cabbage work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 361 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Pickled Red Cabbage

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

107Calories
4 gProtein
1 gFat
24 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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 + cabbagetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together361 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Vinegar + cabbagetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,924 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Vinegar + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,806 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Rice + vinegartop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,604 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Rice + sugartop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together8,744 recipes

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

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

Swap the cabbage

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

  1. Cucumberfits better
  2. Mustardfits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Cabbagethe original

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