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Stir-fried Duck with Sugar Snap Peas & Asparagus

Lots of people have woks, but so many people get it wrong because they don't really understand the principle of stir-frying – i.e. you get a pan really hot and you don't overcrowd it with veg so that it starts boiling and not stir-frying. You could make this with breast of chicken instead, if that takes your fancy, or slices of pork. There are many ways you can vary this using different vegetables – try beansprouts, water chestnuts, spinach, courgettes or baby corn.

By jamieoliver · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Stir-fried Duck with Sugar Snap Peas & Asparagus

Why it works: Clove and ginger match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,038 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Stir-fried Duck with Sugar Snap Peas & Asparagus

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

875Calories
31 gProtein
56 gFat
66 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Duck100g cooked with skin337
Sunflower1 oz (28g) hulled165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Asparagus6 spears (90g)27
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Peppermintnot 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. Clove + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,038 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Ginger + orangetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,833 recipes

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

  3. Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Clove + orangetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,987 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Garlic + gingertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,402 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Swap the asparagus

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, sunflower, sugar, clove, garlic, ginger, orange):

  1. Carrotfits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Sweet potatofits better
  4. Asparagusthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, sunflower, sugar, clove, garlic, ginger, orange. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.