Why it works: Sauce and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and 10,474 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Chicken-Style Seitan Steaks
Ingredients
Directions
Mix dry ingredients together. Stir the water and soy sauce together, then add to the dry ingredients, stirring quickly and thoroughly. Knead lightly (10 times). Form into a cylander and let rest about 15 minutes, while you prepare the broth.
Mix ingredients in a large pot and bring to a boil over high heat. Drop 1/3” thick and slightly flattened slices of the gluten mixture into the broth, one at a time, keeping the water boiling. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for one hour, stirring occasionally.
Remove the “steaks” from the broth and use them in all kinds of recipes to take the place of meat. These freeze well.
Makes 18-24 steaks, depending on how you cut ‘em.
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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.
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Sauce + oniontop 19% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together10,474 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Sauce and onion share little aroma chemistry, yet 10,474 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
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