Why it works: Wild rice and quinoa share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 6 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓
The recipe
Serves 12Ingredients
Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.
Melt the butter in a large heavy pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the diced onion and cook about 5 minutes, stirring, until soft and translucent.
Add the chopped cabbage and cook about 5 minutes, stirring often, until it begins to wilt.
Stir in the wild rice, brown rice and quinoa blend so it is coated with the butter and vegetables, and toast for about 2 minutes.
Add the water, sea salt, black pepper and chopped dill weed. Stir well and bring to a boil.
Stir in the crushed tomatoes. Reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer about 35 minutes, stirring once or twice. Add a splash of water if the pot looks dry.
Check that the rice blend is tender and the liquid is absorbed. If it is still wet, cook uncovered for 3 to 5 minutes.
Taste and adjust the salt and pepper. Remove from the heat, cover and rest for 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork and serve warm.
Explore the science
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.
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Wild rice + quinoatop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together6 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Dill + peppertop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,630 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Cabbage + peppertop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together4,080 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Tomato + ricetop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together2,990 recipes
Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
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Cabbage + dilltop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together47 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the dill
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, butter, cabbage, tomato, pepper, wild rice, rice):
- Celerybetter flavor fit
- Garlicbetter flavor fit
- Parsleybetter flavor fit
- Dillthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against onion, butter, cabbage, tomato, pepper, wild rice, rice. 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).
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