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Jamaican Chinese Pork-fried Rice

A fried rice dish with pork or ham, bell pepper, onion, scallions, egg, soy sauce, and black pepper.

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Why it works: Rice and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,433 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Jamaican Chinese Pork-fried Rice

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Saute the pork or ham, onion, bell pepper, and scallion in 2–2.5 tablespoons of cooking oil in a large pan.

  2. Add the unbeaten egg to the pan and stir.

  3. Add the rice and mix well.

  4. Add soy sauce gradually, stirring after each addition until the rice is colored and sufficiently heated. Serve hot.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

735Calories
41 gProtein
34 gFat
64 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6

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.

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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. Rice + oniontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,433 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Pork + oniontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,214 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Rice + porktop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,137 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

  4. Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Rice + peppertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,379 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Cold cooked rice
Cold, dry-surfaced rice fries into separate grains instead of clumping into a mush.
Pork or ham
Adds savory meaty flavor and fat that carries flavor through the rice.
Egg
Scrambles into soft curds that add richness and a little body to the rice.
Soy sauce
Supplies salty, savory flavor and gives the rice its brown color.
Onion
Softens and sweetens as it sautés, building the base flavor.

The step that matters

Adding the soy sauce gradually. Soy sauce added in small amounts and stirred in lets each portion caramelize slightly and color the rice evenly. Pouring it all in at once steams the rice and makes it soggy and unevenly colored.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, pork, pepper, egg, sauce):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Asparagusfits better
  3. Potatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, pork, pepper, egg, sauce. 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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