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Spicy Soba Noodles with Shiitakes

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By smittenkitchen · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Why it works: Sesame and shiitake match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 142 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

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

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By smittenkitchen. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Sesame + shiitaketop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together142 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Garlic + shiitaketop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together292 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Gochujang + sesametop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together37 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Sesame + gingertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,531 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Ginger + shiitaketop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together157 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the gochujang

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, pepper, sugar, sesame, ginger, garlic, shiitake):

  1. Corianderbetter flavor fit
  2. Cuminbetter flavor fit
  3. Turmericbetter flavor fit
  4. Gochujangthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, pepper, sugar, sesame, ginger, garlic, shiitake. 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).