Why it works: Shiitake and shallot share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓
Charles Phan's Steamed Ground Pork with Salted Fish Recipe
4 servingsIngredients
Directions
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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Pork | 100g cooked | 242 |
| Anchovy | 100g | 210 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Shiitake | 1/2 cup (73g) | 34 |
| Mushroom | 1/2 cup sliced (35g) | 15 |
| Soy Sauce | 1 tbsp (15ml) | 9 |
| Shallot | 1 tbsp minced (10g) | 7 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Mackerel | not in our table | 0 |
One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.
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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.
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Shiitake + shallottop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together29 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Mushroom + shallottop 4% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,982 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
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Shiitake + mushroomtop 4% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together552 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
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Mushroom + olivetop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together4,571 recipes
Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
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Shiitake + olivetop 7% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together334 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the shallot
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, shiitake, mushroom, fish sauce, olive, pepper, anchovy):
- Capsicumfits about as well
- Tomatofits about as well
- Spinachfits about as well
- Shallotthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against pork, shiitake, mushroom, fish sauce, olive, pepper, anchovy. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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