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Mirin Glazed Burgers with Sesame-Ponzu Spinach and Wasabi-Ginger Mayonnaise

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Mirin Glazed Burgers with Sesame-Ponzu Spinach and Wasabi-Ginger Mayonnaise

Why it works: Wasabi and sesame share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 68 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Mirin Glazed Burgers with Sesame-Ponzu Spinach and Wasabi-Ginger Mayonnaise

6 burgers
Prep30 min
Cook6 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

514Calories
13 gProtein
38 gFat
24 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 16 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sesame Seed1 tbsp (9g)52
Green Onion1 medium (110g)44
Sake1 oz (30ml)39
Miso1 tbsp (18g)34
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Wasabinot in our table0
Ponzunot in our table0
Saucenot 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 foodnetwork. 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. Wasabi + sesametop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together68 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Sesame + spinachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together203 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  3. Sesame + misotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together121 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  4. Wasabi + misotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Spinach + misotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together34 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the spinach

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sake, sauce, ginger, wasabi, sesame, ponzu, miso):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Cucumberfits about as well
  3. Broccolifits about as well
  4. Spinachthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sake, sauce, ginger, wasabi, sesame, ponzu, miso. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.