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Sashimi with Soy Sauce, Sesame Seeds, and Chives Recipe

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By chow · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Sashimi with Soy Sauce, Sesame Seeds, and Chives Recipe

Why it works: Sesame and chive share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 89 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Sashimi with Soy Sauce, Sesame Seeds, and Chives Recipe

8 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

457Calories
21 gProtein
40 gFat
1 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1

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. Sesame + chivetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together89 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Olive + sesametop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,111 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Olive + chivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Fish + salmontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,078 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  5. Salmon + sesametop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together253 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the sesame

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (fish, salmon, olive, sauce, chive):

  1. Beansfits about as well
  2. Sesamethe original
  3. Chickpeafits about as well
  4. Peasfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against fish, salmon, olive, sauce, chive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.