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Vietnamese Banh Mi Salad

Why it works: Lime and jalapeno are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,035 recipes mention both. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Vietnamese Banh Mi Salad

4 servings
Prep35 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

  • For The Vietnamese Chicken
  • For the Vietnamese Salad
  • For the Banh Mi Dressing

Directions

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By aspicyperspective. 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. Lime + jalapenotop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,035 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Garlic + cucumbertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,556 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Garlic + jalapenotop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,700 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Lime + cucumbertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together649 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Lime + clovetop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together909 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, fish sauce, lime, sugar, garlic, jalapeno, cucumber):

  1. Corianderbetter flavor fit
  2. Cuminbetter flavor fit
  3. Turmericbetter flavor fit
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, fish sauce, lime, sugar, garlic, jalapeno, cucumber. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).