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Glazed Hoisin Duck

This elegant oriental meal matches hoisin marinated duck with a light vegetable salad

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Glazed Hoisin Duck

Why it works: Sesame and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,192 recipes. Both carry gamma-nonanolactone, which smells coconut, sweet. The science ↓

Glazed Hoisin Duck

Serves 2

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

676Calories
22 gProtein
56 gFat
22 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
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Duck100g cooked with skin337
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Saucenot 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 bbcgoodfood. 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 + oniontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,192 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  2. Pepper + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,555 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Onion + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together21,601 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Sesame + carrottop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together641 recipes

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

  5. Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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 (sauce, pepper, onion, carrot):

  1. Beansfits about as well
  2. Black-eyed peafits about as well
  3. Sesamethe original
  4. Lentilsfits about as well

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