Why it works: Garlic and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 29,058 recipes mention both. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓
Spicy Shrimp Pho
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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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Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together29,058 recipes
Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
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Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together25,665 recipes
Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
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Garlic + jalapenotop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together1,700 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Wheat + olivetop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,100 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
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Garlic + chickentop 7% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together10,850 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the jalapeno
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, olive, clove, garlic, onion, chicken, fish sauce):
- Cuminbetter flavor fit
- Gingerbetter flavor fit
- Turmericbetter flavor fit
- Jalapenothe original
Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, olive, clove, garlic, onion, chicken, fish sauce. 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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