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Snap Pea Chopped Salad with Thai Vinaigrette Recipe

This chopped salad recipe tosses raw snap peas, carrots, cucumber, and scallions with a spicy Thai vinaigrette for a healthy and easy salad.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Snap Pea Chopped Salad with Thai Vinaigrette Recipe

Why it works: Garlic and cucumber match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,556 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Snap Pea Chopped Salad with Thai Vinaigrette Recipe

4 to 6 servings
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

469Calories
12 gProtein
28 gFat
48 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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

  1. Garlic + cucumbertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,556 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Rice + cucumbertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together734 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  3. Lime + cucumbertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together649 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Peas + cucumbertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together629 recipes

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

  5. Lime + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,411 recipes

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

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

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, vinegar, lime, fish sauce, garlic, sugar, cucumber):

  1. Sesamefits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Peanutfits better
  4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, vinegar, lime, fish sauce, garlic, sugar, cucumber. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.