Name: Paleo Kale Orange Beef Stir Fry with Spiralized Sweet Potato Noodles
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1 Large (300g To 400 Size) Sweet Potato; 2-½ teaspoons Coconut Oil, Divided; 1 teaspoon Fresh Ginger, Minced; ½ pounds Salt And Pepper; 1 cup Top Sirloin Steak, Cut Into Thin, Bite-sized Pieces; 2 teaspoons FOR THE SAUCE:; 4 teaspoons Orange Juice, Not From Concentrate; 4 teaspoons Fresh Ginger, Minced; 6 cups Coconut Aminos (or Soy Sauce, If Not Paleo)

Why it works: Sweet potato and coconut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 159 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Paleo Kale Orange Beef Stir Fry with Spiralized Sweet Potato Noodles

Serves 2

Prep5 min

Cook15 min

Ingredients

1 Large (300g To 400 Size) Sweet Potato
2-½ teaspoons Coconut Oil, Divided
1 teaspoon Fresh Ginger, Minced
½ pounds Salt And Pepper
1 cup Top Sirloin Steak, Cut Into Thin, Bite-sized Pieces
2 teaspoons FOR THE SAUCE:
4 teaspoons Orange Juice, Not From Concentrate
4 teaspoons Fresh Ginger, Minced
6 cups Coconut Aminos (or Soy Sauce, If Not Paleo)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

773Calories

35 gProtein

42 gFat

65 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Coconut	1/2 cup shredded (40g)	283
Beef	100g cooked	250
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Sauce	not in our table	0

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.

Sweet potato + coconuttop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together159 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Ginger + orangetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,833 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Sweet potato + gingertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together306 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Coconut + gingertop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,168 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Ginger + peppertop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together6,800 recipes

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

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sweet potato, coconut, ginger, pepper, sauce):

Limefits better
Mangofits better
Avocadofits better
Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sweet potato, coconut, ginger, pepper, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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