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Banh Xeo Recipe

These savoury pancakes are absolutely divine. Stuff them full of bean sprouts, prawns and pork or chicken, and enjoy the crunch.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Why it works: Turmeric and coconut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,027 recipes. Both carry 2-heptanol, which smells bitter, floral. The science ↓

Banh Xeo Recipe

4 people
Prep1 hr 20 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1636Calories
105 gProtein
60 gFat
164 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 17 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Pork100g cooked242
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Shrimp100g cooked99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Beannot in our table0
Peppermintnot in our table0
Coriandernot 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 lovefood. 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. Turmeric + coconuttop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,027 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

  2. Rice + turmerictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,941 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Rice + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,063 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Flour + turmerictop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,637 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Rice + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,374 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 onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, flour, turmeric, coconut, milk, pork, sauce):

  1. Arrowrootfits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Sweet potatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, flour, turmeric, coconut, milk, pork, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.