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Asian Salad + Asian Salad Dressing

By aspicyperspective · From Open Recipes · 18 ingredients
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Asian Salad + Asian Salad Dressing

Why it works: Lettuce and sesame match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 193 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

Asian Salad + Asian Salad Dressing

6-8 servings
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

553Calories
40 gProtein
19 gFat
58 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Romaine Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Saladnot in our table0
Salad Dressingnot 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 aspicyperspective. 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. Lettuce + sesametop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together193 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Lettuce + radishtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together58 recipes

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

  3. Almond + sesametop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together203 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetylpyrazine (roast).

  4. Radish + sesametop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together49 recipes

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

  5. Lettuce + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together210 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lettuce, carrot, radish, chicken, onion, almond, sesame):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Chickpeafits better
  4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lettuce, carrot, radish, chicken, onion, almond, sesame. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.