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Shito Plantain Balls Recipe

A perfect blend of the sweetness of plantains and the spicy, fish-infused flavor of Shito. Instead of just simple deep fried plantains, a hot plantain ball blows...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Onion and flour are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and 31,198 recipes mention both. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Shito Plantain Balls Recipe

6-8 servings

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By chow. 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. Onion + flourtop 13% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together31,198 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Onion and flour share little aroma chemistry, yet 31,198 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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