Name: Quick Cabbage with Mustard SeedsCabbage with Mustard Seeds
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons neutral oil; 1 teaspoon brown mustard seeds; 1 small cabbage, cored, trimmed, and sliced thinly; 1 onion, thinly sliced; 2 tablespoons butter, cut into chunks; 1/2 teaspoon salt, plus more to taste.

Why it works: Mustard and cabbage match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,645 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Quick Cabbage with Mustard SeedsCabbage with Mustard Seeds

Serves 4

Ingredients

2 teaspoons neutral oil
1 teaspoon brown mustard seeds
1 small cabbage, cored, trimmed, and sliced thinly
1 onion, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons butter, cut into chunks
1/2 teaspoon salt, plus more to taste.

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

323Calories

5 gProtein

26 gFat

21 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Seed	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.

By biggirlssmallkitchen. 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.

Mustard + cabbagetop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,645 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Mustard + oniontop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,259 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Cabbage + oniontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,001 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + buttertop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together42,912 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Mustard + buttertop 22% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,003 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the cabbage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mustard, onion, butter):

Chivefits better
Horseradishfits better
Shallotfits better
Cabbagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mustard, onion, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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