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Easy Pork Bahn Mi with Sweet Potato Fries

This bahn mi sandwich with marinated pork and fresh vegetables is a lighter but insanely flavorful version of the classic bahn mi.

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Easy Pork Bahn Mi with Sweet Potato Fries

Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Easy Pork Bahn Mi with Sweet Potato Fries

Serves 2
Prep15 hr
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

636Calories
34 gProtein
28 gFat
63 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
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. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Olive + ricetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,994 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  3. Sweet potato + ricetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together137 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  4. Sweet potato + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together950 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Sweet potato + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together631 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the sweet potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, garlic, pepper, sauce, rice, vinegar, sugar):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Mustardfits better
  4. Sweet potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, garlic, pepper, sauce, rice, vinegar, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.