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Crab Cakes with Asian Dipping Sauce

These crab cakes are an Asian fusion that combines traditional crab cake ingredients and Asian ingredients. They are quick to make and always impress.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 18 ingredients
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Crab Cakes with Asian Dipping Sauce

Why it works: Mustard and celery are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,169 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Crab Cakes with Asian Dipping Sauce

Serves 4
Prep25 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1200Calories
80 gProtein
17 gFat
172 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 17 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Shrimp100g cooked99
Crab100g cooked97
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Sriracha1 tsp (5g)5
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Cakenot in our table0
Saucenot 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 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. Mustard + celerytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,169 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Mustard + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,259 recipes

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

  3. Celery + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Egg + srirachatop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together154 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Crab + saucetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together238 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the sriracha

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (crab, mustard, egg, sauce, celery, onion, parmesan cheese):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Garlicfits better
  4. Srirachathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against crab, mustard, egg, sauce, celery, onion, parmesan cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.