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Oriental Pork with Noodles

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Oriental Pork with Noodles

Why it works: Oyster mushroom and shiitake share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 19 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Oriental Pork with Noodles

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Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

817Calories
83 gProtein
40 gFat
31 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 17 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Chicken100g cooked165
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Oyster6 medium (84g)81
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Shiitake1/2 cup (73g)34
Oyster Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0
Beannot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0
Coriandernot 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 jamieoliver. 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. Oyster mushroom + shiitaketop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together19 recipes

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

  2. Sesame + shiitaketop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together142 recipes

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

  3. Sesame + sunflowertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together172 recipes

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

  4. Sesame + oyster mushroomtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together12 recipes

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

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

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

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

Swap the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, sesame, sunflower, oyster mushroom, shiitake, mushroom, pepper):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Gingerthe original
  4. Parsleyfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, sesame, sunflower, oyster mushroom, shiitake, mushroom, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.