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Spicy Cereal and Nut Mix Recipe

Whether you are in the car or watching a movie, this snack is a great alternative to chips and crackers. The honey-wheat pretzels add a touch of sweetness, while...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Spicy Cereal and Nut Mix Recipe

Why it works: Rice and peanut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 670 recipes. Both carry 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, which smells popcorn, roasted. The science ↓

Spicy Cereal and Nut Mix Recipe

10 cups (about 6 servings)

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

727Calories
21 gProtein
40 gFat
79 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Cashew1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts)157
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
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 chow. 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. Rice + peanuttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together670 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  2. Peanut + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together877 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  3. Wheat + peanuttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together151 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  4. Corn + wheattop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together465 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexanal (green, grassy).

  5. Corn + ricetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together933 recipes

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

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (corn, rice, honey, wheat, peanut, butter, sauce):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Corianderfits about as well
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against corn, rice, honey, wheat, peanut, butter, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.