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Why it works: Sunflower and chicory share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and 4 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 8
Cook30 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Whisk together the 300ml soy sauce, 110ml sunflower oil, 3 finely chopped garlic, 1 finely chopped red chilli and 1 tbsp grated ginger. Put the beef in a dish, pour the marinade over, cover and chill for at least 2 hours, turning once.

  2. Heat a heavy pan over high heat until very hot. Take the beef out of the marinade, pat it dry and sear it for about 3 minutes per side until browned all over.

  3. Preheat the oven to 220°C (425°F). Transfer the beef to a roasting tin and roast for about 15 minutes, until the thickest part reaches 145°F (63°C). Rest it, loosely covered, for 3 minutes.

  4. Mix the 6 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp Thai fish sauce, 1 tbsp soft light brown sugar, the juice of ½ lemon, the remaining 1 finely chopped red chilli, 2 finely chopped garlic and 4 tbsp chopped coriander. Stir until the sugar dissolves.

  5. Thinly slice the beef against the grain. Toss the peppery leaves with the rest of the coriander leaves from the bunch, arrange on plates, top with the beef and spoon over the dressing.

By bbcfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

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. Sunflower + chicorytop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Coriander + lemontop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,498 recipes

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

  3. Coriander + gingertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,504 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  4. Ginger + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,154 recipes

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

  5. Garlic + coriandertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together6,477 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, sunflower, beef, coriander, ginger, lemon, fish sauce):

  1. Turmericbetter flavor fit
  2. Cardamombetter flavor fit
  3. Cuminbetter flavor fit
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, sunflower, beef, coriander, ginger, lemon, fish sauce. 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).