Boiled Eice

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. Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together27,232 recipes

   Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

2. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together81,283 recipes

   Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

3. Pepper + nutmegtop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together13,015 recipes

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

4. Rice + milktop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together7,374 recipes

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

5. Rice + nutmegtop 9% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together1,779 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Rice

Forms the bulk of the dish, softened by boiling so it can be piled up.

Eggs

Whites beaten with sugar form a light foam that sits on top of the rice.

Swap the nutmeg

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, sugar, butter, milk, chocolate, bread, pepper):

1. Cinnamonfits better
2. Nutmegthe original
3. Cardamomfits about as well
4. Gingerfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, sugar, butter, milk, chocolate, bread, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.