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Bibimbap Recipe from Inspiralized by Ali Maffucci featured on Steamy Kitchen

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Why it works: Gochujang and sesame work together. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 37 recipes mention both. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, soy, sesame (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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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.

  1. Gochujang + sesametop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together37 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Cucumber + radishtop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together212 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Rice + sesametop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together643 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  4. Cucumber + ricetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together641 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Cucumber + sesametop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together364 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the gochujang

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cucumber, radish, sauce, rice, vinegar, pepper, sesame):

  1. Corianderbetter flavor fit
  2. Garlicbetter flavor fit
  3. Dillbetter flavor fit
  4. Gochujangthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cucumber, radish, sauce, rice, vinegar, pepper, sesame. 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).