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Vegetable Lo Mein Recipe with Homemade Noodles

By aspicyperspective · From Open Recipes · 19 ingredients
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Vegetable Lo Mein Recipe with Homemade Noodles

Why it works: Flour and pasta match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 659 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Vegetable Lo Mein Recipe with Homemade Noodles

6-8 servings
Prep45 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1528Calories
36 gProtein
76 gFat
175 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 17 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Waternot 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 aspicyperspective. 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. Flour + pastatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together659 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Pepper + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,555 recipes

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

  3. Onion + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together21,601 recipes

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

  4. Pasta + carrottop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together435 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Pasta + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,961 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 coconut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, egg, pasta, pepper, onion, mushroom, carrot):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Coconutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, egg, pasta, pepper, onion, mushroom, carrot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.