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Fried Rice

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 13 ingredients
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Why it works: Rice and corn match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 933 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Fried Rice

4 persons

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

843Calories
40 gProtein
26 gFat
119 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Kidney Bean1/2 cup canned (128g) drained112
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Tofu100g firm76
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Bok Choy1 cup (70g)9
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Beannot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

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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 + corntop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together933 recipes

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

  2. Carrot + corntop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together794 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  3. Rice + carrottop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,477 recipes

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

  4. Peas + carrottop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,994 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  5. Rice + mushroomtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,515 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the kidney beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, sauce, peas, mushroom, carrot, corn, tofu):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Sesamefits better
  3. Cashew nutfits better
  4. Kidney beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, sauce, peas, mushroom, carrot, corn, tofu. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.