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Deep-fried Prawns with Soy and Sesame Noodle Salad

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Coriander and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,536 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Deep-fried Prawns with Soy and Sesame Noodle Salad

Serves 1
Prep30 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1026Calories
43 gProtein
29 gFat
146 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Shrimp100g cooked99
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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 bbcfood. 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. Coriander + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Rice + sesametop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together984 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Chive + sesametop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together89 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Chive + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together139 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the chive

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, pepper, rice, sauce, sesame, coriander, lime):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Welsh onionfits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Chivethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, pepper, rice, sauce, sesame, coriander, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.