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Miso-Ginger Vinaigrette Recipe

A combination of fermented soybeans and rice, white miso makes a tasty marinade or salad dressing. In addition to topping our Chilled Tofu Salad, this vinaigrette...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Miso and ginger work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 120 recipes mention both. Both carry isoamyl acetate, which smells banana, pear. The science ↓

The recipe

3/4 cup

Ingredients

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

Directions

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By chow. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Miso + gingertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together120 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

  2. Miso + sesametop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together121 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  3. Ginger + sesametop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,531 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Rice wine + sesametop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together244 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

  5. Vinegar + sesametop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,133 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hydroxy-3-butanone (caramel-like, roast).

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