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Steamed Vegetable Dumplings Recipe

Whereas boiled dumplings have crinkly skins that are tender from having been immersed in hot water, and panfried dumplings have skins that are a combination of...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Steamed Vegetable Dumplings Recipe

Why it works: Shiitake and sesame match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 142 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Steamed Vegetable Dumplings Recipe

Makes 32 dumplings, serving 4 as a main course, 6 to 8 as a snack or starter

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

962Calories
29 gProtein
34 gFat
139 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 16 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Shiitake1/2 cup (73g)34
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
White Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Chinese Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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 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. Shiitake + sesametop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together142 recipes

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

  2. Spinach + sesametop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together203 recipes

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

  3. Spinach + shiitaketop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together58 recipes

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

  4. Shiitake + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together552 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Sesame + canola oiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together201 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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

Swap the white pepper

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (spinach, shiitake, mushroom, sugar, sauce, sesame, canola oil):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Gingerfits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. White pepperthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against spinach, shiitake, mushroom, sugar, sauce, sesame, canola oil. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.