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Big Girls, Global Kitchens: Spicy Thai Salads

By biggirlssmallkitchen · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Shallot and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,000 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Big Girls, Global Kitchens: Spicy Thai Salads

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

573Calories
31 gProtein
30 gFat
49 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Arugula1 cup (20g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Peppermintnot in our table0
Roasted Peanutnot 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 biggirlssmallkitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

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. Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Peanut + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together877 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  3. Shallot + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,677 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Cherry tomato + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together12 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  5. Shallot + cherry tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the arugula

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mint, shallot, cherry tomato, peanut, clove, garlic, sugar):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Lettucefits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Arugulathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mint, shallot, cherry tomato, peanut, clove, garlic, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.