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Egg Roll

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Why it works: Egg and spinach are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,189 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

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

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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. Egg + spinachtop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,189 recipes

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

  2. Broccoli + spinachtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together302 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  3. Ginger + bamboo shootstop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together80 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Celery + spinachtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together616 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  5. Broccoli + celerytop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together806 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the broccoli

The recipe marks broccoli as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, chicken, celery, spinach, ginger, sauce, bamboo shoots):

  1. Carrotbetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Tomatoabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Broccolithe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, chicken, celery, spinach, ginger, sauce, bamboo shoots. 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).