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Quinoa with Asparagus and a Fried Egg

By thevintagemixer · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Quinoa with Asparagus and a Fried Egg

Why it works: Garlic and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Quinoa with Asparagus and a Fried Egg

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

741Calories
24 gProtein
45 gFat
68 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Pine1 oz (28g)191
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Asparagus6 spears (90g)27
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
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 thevintagemixer. 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 + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Quinoa + asparagustop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together21 recipes

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

  4. Quinoa + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together289 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Quinoa + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together465 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (quinoa, olive, asparagus, lemon, garlic, onion, egg):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against quinoa, olive, asparagus, lemon, garlic, onion, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.