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Dipping Sauce for Mo-Mos

A soy sauce, vinegar, chile oil, and ginger dipping sauce for mo-mos.

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Why it works: Vinegar and ginger are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,126 recipes. Both carry isoamyl acetate, which smells banana, pear. The science ↓

Dipping Sauce for Mo-Mos

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine all ingredients.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

133Calories
1 gProtein
14 gFat
2 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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. Vinegar + gingertop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,126 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

  2. Sauce + gingertop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,409 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Sauce + vinegartop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,844 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

What each ingredient does

Soy sauce
Provides salty, savoury depth that forms the base of the sauce.
Vinegar
Adds acidity that brightens the sauce and balances the salt.
Chile oil
Carries heat and fat-soluble chile flavour through the sauce.
Fresh ginger
Adds aromatic, pungent flavour that lifts the sauce.

Swap the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, vinegar):

  1. Tarragonfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Garlicfits better
  4. Gingerthe original

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

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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