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Noodles with Kale and Spicy Rhubarb Sauce

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By naturallyella · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Noodles with Kale and Spicy Rhubarb Sauce

Why it works: Ginger and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,621 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Noodles with Kale and Spicy Rhubarb Sauce

2-4
Prep10 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

248Calories
3 gProtein
14 gFat
33 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Rhubarbnot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Toppingnot 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.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Ginger + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,621 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Kale + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together47 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Rhubarb + kaletop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Rhubarb + limetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together28 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Ginger + rhubarbtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together241 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ginger, rhubarb, honey, kale, lime):

  1. Sweet potatofits better
  2. Arrowrootfits better
  3. Beetrootfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against ginger, rhubarb, honey, kale, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.