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Quinoa and Cabbage Salad

Quinoa paired with cabbage and a delicious dressing.

By naturallyella · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Quinoa and cabbage work together. They rank in the top 23% of all ingredient pairs, and 2 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 2
Prep5 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

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By naturallyella. 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. Quinoa + cabbagetop 23% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2 recipes

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

  2. Carrot + oniontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together21,599 recipes

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

  3. Cabbage + carrottop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,505 recipes

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

  4. Cabbage + oniontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,001 recipes

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

  5. Cabbage + vinegartop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,924 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 carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (quinoa, cabbage, onion, sauce, rice wine, vinegar, sugar):

  1. Mustardbetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Broccolibetter flavor fit
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against quinoa, cabbage, onion, sauce, rice wine, vinegar, sugar. 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).