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Seedy Sesame Noodles with Peas and Broad Beans

The noodles in this salad will cook just by soaking in boiling water from the kettle.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Seedy Sesame Noodles with Peas and Broad Beans

Why it works: Peanut and sesame match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 349 recipes. Both carry 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

Seedy Sesame Noodles with Peas and Broad Beans

Serves 1
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

346Calories
13 gProtein
20 gFat
30 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 10 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Broad Beannot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Roasted Peanutnot 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. Peanut + sesametop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together349 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  2. Beans + sesametop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together293 recipes

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

  3. Beans + peanuttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together190 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  4. Sesame + oniontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,192 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  5. Beans + carrottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,443 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

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

Swap the carrot

The recipe marks carrot as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, peas, beans, peanut, sauce, sesame, onion):

  1. Asparagusfits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Welsh onionfits better
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, peas, beans, peanut, sauce, sesame, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.