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Lobster Surimi and Baby Bok Choy Stir-fry with Ginger Soya Seasoning

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Why it works: Lobster and fish work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 306 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

The recipe

Ingredients

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

Also mentioned in the method: soy

Directions

  1. Separate bok choy leaves (if using regular bok choy, slice coarsely).

  2. Boil bok choy in lightly salted water for one minute.

  3. Drain and pat dry.

  4. Remove shiitake mushroom caps from stems.

  5. Discard stems.

  6. If mushroom caps are small, leave whole.

  7. If large, then slice.

  8. In a wok or large shallow pan, heat sesame oil on high until hot, but not smoking.

  9. Add lobster flavored surimi, boiled baby bok choy and shiitake mushroom caps; stir-fry for about one minute.

  10. Stir ginger soya sauce mixture into the pan; stir-fry for one minute.

  11. Arrange on a platter and serve.

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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. Lobster + fishtop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together306 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  2. Shiitake + sesametop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together142 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Shiitake + mushroomtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together552 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Mushroom + fishtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together444 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Mushroom + sesametop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together400 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the sesame

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shiitake, mushroom, lobster, fish):

  1. Peasbetter flavor fit
  2. Beansabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Sesamethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shiitake, mushroom, lobster, fish. 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).

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